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Old August 12th 20, 05:14 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general
Micky
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Default Is there a way to get rid of these browser boxes?

In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Wed, 12 Aug 2020 07:00:20 -0400, "SC Tom"
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"micky" wrote in message
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A win7 question but I included win10 in case it happens there too and
because I think a lot of win7 experts now only read win10.

If I pass the cursor over a Firefox or Edge section of my task bar, a
box an inch high with a list of all the Firefox or Edge windows pops up
and stays sometimes for a long while. Other programs like Solitaire,
Eudora, Forte Agent don't do this, though they may pop up an unobtrusive
non-annoying tool tip.

Is there a way to get rid of these browser boxes?


As Andy Burns posted, you can't get rid of them,


We mmusst be talking about different kinds of popups, because I did,
with 7+ Taskbar Tweaker, but I on the main, now not usable computer, I
had a popup I got rid of by extending the time. I have to get a new
computer and I had been searching for this very answer, so your reply
below is very very welcome.

but you can delay the time
it takes to pop up. Using this reg file, you can delay it to 100 seconds:
======
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"ExtendedUIHoverTime"=dword:000186a0
======

Copy everything between the equal signs, save as a .reg file
(ThumbnailDelay.reg, or whatever), right-click on it and select "Merge".

I'm assuming you mean the box that pops up after you hover your cursor over
the item in the task bar, and not the info one that pops up for a second or
two. If it's the 2-second-box, I got nothing :-)


I'm sure I said tha the little tooltiip was not annoying. Does't cover
any real part of the screen (only a tiny bit of the taskbar) and
doesn't show up much anyhow.
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