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« on: May 10, 2008, 04:08:22 PM » |
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Does anyone know of a software (freeware or shareware) that can change the popup settings, appearance, etc. of the default XP tooltip popups?
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« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2008, 07:56:57 PM » |
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Does anyone know of a software (freeware or shareware) that can change the popup settings, appearance, etc. of the default XP tooltip popups?
http://www.tooltipmanager.com/ |
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PhilB66
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« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2008, 08:34:22 PM » |
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Right-click on desktop --> Properties --> Appearance --> Advanced Tab --> Drop Down Menu and select ToolTip
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« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2008, 09:26:58 PM » |
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nice find nogojoe!!
I actually had wondered if such a thing was even possible.. very cool to see that it is.
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nogojoe
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« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2008, 10:48:18 PM » |
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nice find nogojoe!!
I actually had wondered if such a thing was even possible.. very cool to see that it is.
I just googled it Shame you have to buy before trying |
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« Last Edit: May 10, 2008, 10:55:32 PM by nogojoe »
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« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2008, 12:03:27 AM » |
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Its worth the $9.95 just to get rid of that stupid start message  I just got it and it works as advertised for me, though to set it up I could only access it through the control panel, but no problem, now its running it appears on the taskbar menu. As for resources, i can't figure that out, it doesnt start a service that i can see and its not running as a program, but there is nothing noticeable in increased consumption. |
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« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2008, 01:14:04 AM » |
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A year ago, I almost bought it out of desperation, trying to find a solution to the &?/#%$ "hidden behind the taskbar" tooltip problem. Yes, after some research, it seemed to be the only true solution to that problem! (Although I seem to have been able to solve it pretty much... without tool tip manager. Can't remember if it's with taskbar activate... maybe  ) |
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« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2008, 09:51:39 AM » |
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Does anyone know for sure if this Tooltip Manager supports special national characters like 'æøΓ₯' ? The site does'nt offer any 'money back' guarantees, so I won't try it, without first knowing this. |
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« Last Edit: May 11, 2008, 09:53:43 AM by Curt »
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PhilB66
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« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2008, 11:50:01 AM » |
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The site does'nt offer any 'money back' guarantees
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Lashiec
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« Reply #9 on: May 11, 2008, 12:52:53 PM » |
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GOD DAMMIT, a solution to those damned hidden tooltips. But comes with the kitchen sink, and payware as well. Isn't there a simple solution? (like, prevent it from happening via a registry hack?)
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« Reply #10 on: May 11, 2008, 03:37:21 PM » |
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Isn't there a simple solution? I have a hotkey that makes a window "stay on top". If I click on an empty part of the taskbar and hit the hotkey, the tooltips come back. |
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« Reply #11 on: May 11, 2008, 09:42:39 PM » |
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You could set the Windows Class for tooltips to topmost with Nircmd: | nircmd win settopmost class “tooltips_class32" 1 |
Create a .cmd shortcut and use it whenever the problem reappears. A .ahk solution was discussed in this forum (see BikeMike's post) |
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Armando
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« Reply #12 on: May 11, 2008, 11:23:19 PM » |
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PhilB66 : thanks for the link.
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PhilB66
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« Reply #13 on: May 12, 2008, 12:31:42 AM » |
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Isn't there a simple solution? (like, prevent it from happening via a registry hack?)
I have seen this registry entry mentioned in several forums, but I have no idea if it fixes the problem. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\TooltipAnimation] “SetWindowPos”=”HwndInsertAfter, Hwnd_Top” “SetForegroundWindow”=dword:00000001 |
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Lashiec
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« Reply #14 on: May 13, 2008, 07:19:43 AM » |
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Well, the registry entry does not work, the tooltip gets behind the taskbar anyway. The AHK solution works mighty fine, so does the C one, though this one is invisible to the user. I guess the C# one also works, but I don't have such compiler installed.
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PhilB66
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« Reply #16 on: May 14, 2008, 07:48:41 PM » |
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Kellys Korner's fix for "Tool Tips Hidden Behind the Task Bar":
"Go to Start/All Programs: Hover over any program listed, right click and select Sort by Name. Repeat once more. All done!".
Nothing on dougknox.com.
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« Reply #17 on: May 14, 2008, 09:22:31 PM » |
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Thanks for looking through all that Phil.
I was at work, so I didn't have time to look it up.
Good find.
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« Reply #18 on: May 19, 2008, 09:20:01 PM » |
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A small app for nothing but fixing the "tooltips hidden behind the taskbar" problem: http://www.4shared.com/fi.../e7e356ca/ToolTipFix.html No install/standalone. Run,(auto fix) and manually right-click>exit from tray. I put it on my 85 yr. old Mother's machine. No problems. |
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Curt
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« Reply #19 on: May 20, 2008, 05:41:40 PM » |
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Very fine ToolTipFix find, 1101doc!  |
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« Reply #21 on: May 20, 2008, 08:19:22 PM » |
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When following the topics from DonationCoder, one can notice that a lot registry hacks are passed on. For the ones that do not (want to) know their way around the registry, but still regards himself/herself as a (more or less) power user, there is a tool that wraps all these kind of hacks (and then some!) in a clear GUI. Speaking for myself, since I learned about the existence of this tool years ago (1999 or so) there was no need to look at anything else. Not even the unsupported Microsoft tools to easily edit the registry can even hold a candle against this one. What is even more beautiful from this tool is that it enables you to include your own registry hack in the GUI. and you can post it on their forum as well so others can use your hack as well. Get it at http://www.x-setup.net. Back then I was the senior (and only  ) editor for the download section of a Dutch ISP (500.000 members) when I found out about this tool. Until version 6.6 it was freeware. Today the version number is already at 9 but at US20 dollar it has still an extremely good price/performance ratio. (Not intended as spam or anything, I am not affiliated in any other way than being an extremely happy customer) |
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cmpm
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« Reply #22 on: May 20, 2008, 10:33:49 PM » |
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« Reply #23 on: May 21, 2008, 03:12:17 AM » |
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What is even more beautiful from this tool is that it enables you to include your own registry hack in the GUI. and you can post it on their forum as well so others can use your hack as well. Get it at http://www.x-setup.net. sounds great Shades |
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Curt
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« Reply #24 on: June 07, 2008, 05:54:33 PM » |
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My problem is not the tooltips but the All Programs' roll-down menu: At first they look all right:  But when I right-click a link the bottoms of both the All Programs' menus and of the right-click context menu will at once hide behind the taskbar:  I have not found any trick to repair this error. I don't think it is a bug, but may very well be caused by my unstable XP. The problem will occur no matter if I use Mmm+ or not. I have of course tried several times to "sort by names", and run ToolTipFix, but so far to no good. Do 'you' know of any trick to help this out?  |
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