Solved Disable tooltip popups?

defuse · Nov 23, 2022

Is it possible by any means to disable these tooltip popups, or increase the amount of time it takes to pop up? I open notepad constantly for a quick jot and this infernal settings button invariably makes me adjust myself to close notepad because if I naturally just go upwards to hit the X this damn thing blocks my click almost every time.
I'm aware of all the other notepad tools you're about to mention, and this isn't the only place this sort of thing occurs, this is just the most common for me personally and the easiest of all to illustrate the issue I'm having.

Edwin · Nov 23, 2022

defuse said:
or increase the amount of time it takes to pop up?

Increase: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse\MouseHoverTime

glasskuter · Nov 23, 2022

To completely disable
Settings-System-Notifications-all the way to bottom expand additional settings-uncheck "get tips and suggestions when using windows". I have all 3 options there unchecked.

defuse · Nov 23, 2022

Edwin said:
Increase: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse\MouseHoverTime

This value was initially set to 10. I increased it to 100, then to 1000, restarting the pc each time just to ensure the new settings were being used, and it had no effect at all. This popup still occurs instantaneously.

glasskuter said:
To completely disable
Settings-System-Notifications-all the way to bottom expand additional settings-uncheck "get tips and suggestions when using windows". I have all 3 options there unchecked.

Same here, all 3 already were disabled.

glasskuter · Nov 23, 2022

defuse said:
Same here, all 3 already were disabled.

Weird. I don't have the problem. Don't know if you have Home or Pro. I run the release version of Pro.
Probably a stupid suggestion but it looks like you might have dragged the edges of notepad to the edges of your screen. Do you get a double ended arrow by hovering on outside edge. If so drag it to make window smaller. Does that make a difference in whether or not you can see the X to close.

Notepad could be corrupted. Try repairing it. Settings-Apps-Installed apps-Notepad-click 3 dots-advanced options-repair.
If that doesn't help, then try resetting it.

defuse · Nov 23, 2022

glasskuter said:
Weird. I don't have the problem. Don't know if you have Home or Pro. I run the release version of Pro.
Probably a stupid suggestion but it looks like you might have dragged the edges of notepad to the edges of your screen. Do you get a double ended arrow by hovering on outside edge. If so drag it to make window smaller. Does that make a difference in whether or not you can see the X to close.

Notepad could be corrupted. Try repairing it. Settings-Apps-Installed apps-Notepad-click 3 dots-advanced options-repair.
If that doesn't help, then try resetting it.

I'm on Pro. The issue is present regardless of the position of the window. It just looks a bit off because I used Alt+PrntSc to screenshot just the focused window instead of the entire screen, and the tooltip is obviously a product of something other than Notepad (likely explorer) so it got cut off at the border of the window due to the selective screenshot.

Ghot · Nov 23, 2022

defuse said:
This value was initially set to 10. I increased it to 100, then to 1000, restarting the pc each time just to ensure the new settings were being used, and it had no effect at all. This popup still occurs instantaneously.

Are you sure you're looking at "MouseHoverTime" ?

Mine is set to 400 by default.
"MouseSensitivity" is set to 10
"MouseThreshold2" is also set to 10 by default.

Another thing to check would be your actual mouse settings. Maybe something in there?

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defuse · Nov 23, 2022

Ghot said:
Are you sure you're looking at "MouseHoverTime" ?

Mine is set to 400 by default.
"MouseSensitivity" is set to 10
"MouseThreshold2" is also set to 10 by default.

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Another thing to check would be your actual mouse settings. Maybe something in there?

I had changed the right one, but your screen shot revealed that your entry was REG_SZ (right click in the registry key > new > string) and somehow mine was set as a REG_DWORD (right click > new > DWORD (32-Bit) Value) which was the cause of my alterations of the value not being reflected in the behavior. I deleted my entry, made a new one with the correct (REG_SZ) and increased the value to 10000 and upon restarting my pc the tooltip no longer appears! You're my hero

Ghot · Nov 23, 2022

defuse said:
I had changed the right one, but your screen shot revealed that your entry was REG_SZ (right click in the registry key > new > string) and somehow mine was set as a REG_DWORD (right click > new > DWORD (32-Bit) Value) which was the cause of my alterations of the value not being reflected in the behavior. I deleted my entry, made a new one with the correct (REG_SZ) and increased the value to 10000 and upon restarting my pc the tooltip no longer appears! You're my hero

Good job.

stegg · Mar 16, 2023

Edwin said:
Increase: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse\MouseHoverTime

Hi, I registered just to THANK YOU for this!
I added a REG_SZ, set it to 4000, and the annoying tooltip is gone!
somehow mine was set as a REG_DWORD as well as the OP, maybe because i upgraded from Windows 10, dunno, but now it' gone and THANK YOU again.

KamaKrazi · Jul 7, 2023

stegg said:
Hi, I registered just to THANK YOU for this!
I added a REG_SZ, set it to 4000, and the annoying tooltip is gone!
somehow mine was set as a REG_DWORD as well as the OP, maybe because i upgraded from Windows 10, dunno, but now it' gone and THANK YOU again.

DITTO, I registered just to say thank you as well!

I have been on a search for this fix since I first installed Win11 Pro in November '22. I had made the changes to the hover time, but I glossed over and did not see the DWORD vs REG_SZ. Made the change to REG_SZ and rebooted to find it was exactly what I needed to do! This will save me so much frustration!

Thank you Defuse and Ghot!