Vista - Cannot change tooltip hover time

**OldGrantonian** · 02-06-2009

I tried Brink's tip to increase the hover time before a tooltip appears:

Mouse Hover Time - Change

The default is 400 (milliseconds). I changed this to 5000, which should be 5 seconds.

This would be long enough not to annoy me, but still short enough if I really need to know what the tooltip is saying.

However, I don't think this has any effect on my pop-up time.

I tried the value of 500,000 used by "KWMN ", which she said has stopped the popup. I tried this value, but it made no difference.

I am rebooting after each experiment. And the change is persistent when I re-open the registry after each reboot.

Any advice?
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**Brink** · 02-06-2009

Hello OldGrantonian,

You could use the tutorial below to turn off pop-up descriptions instead.

Pop-Up Description

Hope this helps,
Shawn

**OldGrantonian** · 02-06-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by Brink

You could use the tutorial below to turn off pop-up descriptions instead.

Pop-Up Description

Hi Shawn,

Your advice has stopped the tooltips in Windows Explorer and my desktop. Thanks for the grand tip

I don't want to appear ungrateful, but it would be nice to know why only some users can edit your recommended registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse\MouseHoverTime
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**Brink** · 02-06-2009

You're welcome OldGrantonian.

I'm starting to believe that it will not affect some types of pop-ups.

02-06-2009	#1
OldGrantonian Vista Home Premium 32bit 101 posts	Cannot change tooltip hover time I tried Brink's tip to increase the hover time before a tooltip appears: Mouse Hover Time - Change The default is 400 (milliseconds). I changed this to 5000, which should be 5 seconds. This would be long enough not to annoy me, but still short enough if I really need to know what the tooltip is saying. However, I don't think this has any effect on my pop-up time. I tried the value of 500,000 used by "KWMN ", which she said has stopped the popup. I tried this value, but it made no difference. I am rebooting after each experiment. And the change is persistent when I re-open the registry after each reboot. Any advice? .
My System Specs

02-06-2009	#2
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 26,774 posts	Re: Cannot change tooltip hover time Hello OldGrantonian, You could use the tutorial below to turn off pop-up descriptions instead. Pop-Up Description Hope this helps, Shawn
My System Specs

02-06-2009	#3
OldGrantonian Vista Home Premium 32bit 101 posts	Re: Cannot change tooltip hover time Quote: Originally Posted by Brink You could use the tutorial below to turn off pop-up descriptions instead. Pop-Up Description Hi Shawn, Your advice has stopped the tooltips in Windows Explorer and my desktop. Thanks for the grand tip I don't want to appear ungrateful, but it would be nice to know why only some users can edit your recommended registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse\MouseHoverTime .
My System Specs

02-06-2009	#4
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 26,774 posts	Re: Cannot change tooltip hover time You're welcome OldGrantonian. I'm starting to believe that it will not affect some types of pop-ups.
My System Specs

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