How can I stop Windows 2000 from displaying the Infotips for icons and drives?

John Savill

February 16, 2000

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A. Windows 2000 has infotips for some programs and folders. You can disable this feature in two ways.

The first method is via the GUI. To disable the feature, perform the following steps:

  1. Start Windows Explorer.

  2. From the Tools menu, select Folder Options.

  3. Select the View tab.

  4. Clear the checkbox for Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items.
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  5. Click Apply, then OK.

You can also edit the registry to disable the infotips feature. To do so, complete the following steps:

  1. Start the registry editor.

  2. Move to HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvanced.

  3. Double-click ShowInfoTip, and set the value to 0. Click OK. (You need to create the entry with value type REG_DWORD if it doesn’t exist.)

  4. Close the registry editor.

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