How to Hide or Show Pop-up Description for Folder and Desktop Items in Windows 10
When you hover over a file, folder, drive, or desktop items in Windows, a pop-up description (infotip) will show displaying basic property details (metadata) of the item such as Date created, Size, Folders and Files a folder contains, etc...
This tutorial will show you how to hide or show pop-up descriptions for folder and desktop items for your account in Windows 10.
Contents
- Option One: Hide or Show Pop-up Description for Folder and Desktop Items using Folder Options
- Option Two: Hide or Show Pop-up Description for Folder and Desktop Items using a BAT file
EXAMPLE: Pop-up description (infotip) of a folder
1 Open Folder Options.
2 Click/tap on the View tab, check (default) or uncheck Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items in "Advanced settings" for what you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)
The downloadable .bat files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
ShowInfoTip DWORD
0 = Hide
1 = Show
1 Do step 2 (hide) or step 3 (show) below for what you would like to do.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the BAT file below, and go to step 4 below.
Hide_pop-up_descriptions_for_folder_and_desktop_items.bat
Download
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the BAT file below, and go to step 4 below.
Show_pop-up_descriptions_for_folder_and_desktop_items.bat
Download
4 Save the .bat file to your desktop.
5 Unblock the .bat file.
6 Run the .bat file.
7 You will now notice your screen flicker and a command prompt quickly open and close as explorer is restarted to apply the registry changes.
8 When finished, you can delete the downloaded .bat file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn
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