Customize Shortcut Infotip Details in Windows  

    Customize Shortcut Infotip Details in Windows

    Customize Shortcut Infotip Details in Windows

    How to Customize Details of Shortcut Infotips in Windows
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    28 Dec 2019
    Designer Media Ltd

    How to Customize Details of Shortcut Infotips in Windows


    When you hover over a shortcut of a file, folder, or drive in Windows, a infotip (pop-up description) will show displaying basic property details (metadata) such as a shortcut's target location.

    A prop: value indicates a individual property or metadata within the Windows Property System that can be set for shortcut infotips. You can customize the prop: value for shortcut infoips to show any property details you like in the infotip. The details you set to show in the infotip will only show if the property or metadata is available for the shortcut.

    This tutorial will show you how to customize shortcut infotips to show any file and folder property details you want in the infoltip for all users in Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.

    You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to customize what file/folder property details show in shortcut infotips.



    Contents

    • Option One: To Customize Shortcut Infotip Details using a REG file
    • Option Two: To Customize Shortcut Infotip Details in Registry Editor



    EXAMPLE: Custom and Default Shortcut Infotip Details
    Customize Shortcut Infotip Details in Windows-control_panel_shortcut_tooltip.png
    Customize Shortcut Infotip Details in Windows-jpg_shortcut_tooltip.png
    Customize Shortcut Infotip Details in Windows-wav_shortcut_tooltip.png






    OPTION ONE

    To Customize Shortcut Infotip Details using a REG file


    This option does the same thing as Option Two below, but automatically sets shortcut infotips to show details using the prop values in the order below:

    System.Comment
    System.DateCreated
    System.Link.TargetParsingPath
    System.Image.Dimensions
    System.Size
    System.Media.Duration


    1 Do step 2 (custom) or step 3 (default) below for what you would like to do.


     2. To Show Custom Details in Shortcut Infotips

    A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

    Show_custom_shortcut_infotips.reg

    Download


     3. To Show Default Details in Shortcut Infotips

    A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

    Show_default_shortcut_infotips.reg

    Download


    4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

    5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

    6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

    7 Restart explorer, sign out and sign in, or restart the computer to apply.

    8 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.






    OPTION TWO

    To Customize Shortcut Infotip Details in Registry Editor


    If you need any help with this option, then please feel free to post what you need help with in this tutorial thread. I'll be happy to help.


    1 Do step 2 (default) or step 3 (custom) below for what you would like to do.


     2. To Show Default Details in Shortcut Infotips

    A) Use the Show_default_shortcut_tooltips.reg in step 3 of OPTION ONE above.


     3. To Customize Details in Shortcut Infotips

    A) Press the Win + R keys to open Run, type regedit into Run, and click/tap on OK to open Registry Editor.

    B) If prompted by UAC, click/tap on Yes.

    C) In Registry Editor, browse to the key location below. (see screenshot below)

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{00021500-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
    Customize Shortcut Infotip Details in Windows-custom_shortcut_tooltip_registry-1.png

    D) Right click or press and hold on the {00021500-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} key in the left pane, and click/tap on Delete. (see screenshot below step 3C)

    E) Click/tap on Yes to confirm. (see screenshot below)

    Customize Shortcut Infotip Details in Windows-custom_shortcut_tooltip_registry-2.png

    F) In Registry Editor, browse to the key location below. (see screenshot below)

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile
    Customize Shortcut Infotip Details in Windows-custom_shortcut_tooltip_registry-3.png

    G) In the right pane of the lnkfile key, double click/tap on the InfoTip string value to modify it. (see screenshot below step 3F)

    If you don't have the InfoTip string value (you don't by default), then right click or press and hold on an empty area in the right pane of the lnkfile key, click/tap on New, click/tap on String Value, type InfoTip, and press Enter.

    H) Type the data value below for the property values you want with each separated by a semicolon ; in the order you want them to show, click/tap on OK, and go to step 4 below. (see screenshot below)

    prop:value 1;value 2; etc....
    Customize Shortcut Infotip Details in Windows-custom_shortcut_tooltip_registry-4.png

    Substitute value # in the value above with the actual property details you want.

    The link below at Microsoft will give you a full list of Windows properties that you can use. Click on a property type (ex: System) link at the link below to see a full list of individual properties (ex: System.ItemNameDisplay) for that type to use.

    Windows Properties (Windows)

    For example: The Show_custom_shortcut_infotips.reg file from Option One above uses the data value below.

    prop:System.Comment;System.DateCreated;System.Link.TargetParsingPath;System.Image.Dimensions;System.Size;System.Media.Duration


    4 Restart explorer, sign out and sign in, or restart the computer to apply.

    5 When finished, you can close Registry Editor if you like.


    That's it,
    Shawn






  1. Posts : 120
    Windows 10
       #1

    Is it possible to make the "Comment section bigger" I am using the comment section to hold "Movie and TV Episode" descriptions. In the details pane I can't use the words "Description" it just has "Comments" but in the popup it dose not show "Description" or "Comments" it just shows what I saved as in the "Comments" which is the movie description.

    So I was wondering if there was a way to make the popup comment section bigger if at all possible.
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  2. Posts : 4
    Windows 10 Pro
       #2

    Infotips for other files?


    Can I apply this process to configure infotips (tooltips) for other files, such as video files or audio files? Not sure which specific registry keys to modify. Currently Windows 10 is inconsistant across folders. In one folder, infotips for .mp4 includes "Length" while in another folder, infotips includes "Date modified" instead. I want to see how long a video is by hovering over the file. I've tried setting "Optimize this folder for" on the one folder to "Videos" but it had no affect on the infotips.
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  3. Posts : 68,668
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #3

    PaddyMac said:
    Can I apply this process to configure infotips (tooltips) for other files, such as video files or audio files? Not sure which specific registry keys to modify. Currently Windows 10 is inconsistant across folders. In one folder, infotips for .mp4 includes "Length" while in another folder, infotips includes "Date modified" instead. I want to see how long a video is by hovering over the file. I've tried setting "Optimize this folder for" on the one folder to "Videos" but it had no affect on the infotips.
    Hello PaddyMac,

    I haven't tested with other file types, but you can test modifying the InfoTip string value (REG_SZ) at the registry key location below for .mp4 files. Be sure to export the registry key below first as a backup.

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.mp4
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