Disable taskbar tooltips in windows 7

I find they frequently get stuck open if you have a near-full-screen application open.

Is it possible to disable them?


Solution 1:

Open "regedit" as adminstrator.

Navigate to:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]

Find "ShowInfoTip", right-click and select "Modify" and change the value to "0"

Solution 2:

You might be experiencing this issue, described on Microsoft's Q/A forum:

Why does the tooltip display on taskbar icons when I am not hovering my cursor on them?

The suggestion there is to make sure your video drivers are up to date. For a momentary fix, you can try:

  1. Holding Shift and right-clicking on a tile.
  2. If that doesn't work, try killing dwm.exe.

Solution 3:

Click Start>Run, type Gpedit.msc. Under User Configuration>Administrative Templates>Start Menu and Taskbar, enable 'Remove Balloon Tips on Start Menu items'