About this tag
The infotip tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about modifying or customizing the tooltip information that appears when hovering over files in Windows File Explorer. Users seek methods to add comments or descriptions to file infotips, such as for video files, and explore both registry editing (regedit) and alternative approaches. The tag focuses on practical user questions about enhancing file metadata visibility through infotip adjustments in Windows 10 and other versions.
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    How to Delay or Disable Windows 11 Tooltips: GUI, Registry, and Taskbar

    Tooltips — those little pop-up text boxes that appear when you hover over files, folders, desktop shortcuts, or taskbar icons — are designed to give quick context, but for many Windows 11 users they become intrusive and disruptive; this guide explains every practical method to delay, disable, or...
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    • desktop items enterprise explorer file explorer folder options gui hover cards hover delay infotip jump lists jumplistonhover mousehovertime powershell regedit registry scripting showinfotip taskbar tooltips windows 11
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    Windows 10 File Explorer infotip

    Hello, I have a folder that has video files. For each file I want to add a brief comment describing file contents. Example, video taken when we went to Grand Canyon. Is there a way to modify the infotip? Doing web searches I saw some method using regedit. Is there an easier way to change the...
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    • comments customization file explorer infotip regedit user interface video files windows 10
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    • Forum: Windows Software