Windows 10: how do i stop the pop up box when i place cursor over a item

if I place the cursor over say the file explorer icon a pop box appears and tell me its the file explorer. it does this repeatedly on web pages on things u hover over and is very annoying, like on this page u hover over the submit button and a pop up appears saying its the submit button. can this feature be turned off???

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Change Places Bar Items in Common Dialog Box for All or Specific Users in Local Group Policy Editor

How to Change Places Bar Items in Common Dialog Box in Windows


The common open file dialog box is the window that opens when you click/tap on File (menu bar) in a program (ex: Registry Editor), and click/tap on Open, Save as, Import, or Export.

The older Windows XP style common open file dialog box has a places bar (aka: shortcut bar) in the left pane to select a location you want.

If you like, you can specify from 1 to 5 items to be displayed in the Places Bar instead of the default items.

The valid items you may specify to display in the Places Bar are:

• Shortcuts to a local folders -- (ex. C:\Windows)
• Shortcuts to remote folders -- (\\server\share)
• FTP folders
• Web folders
• Shell command for common Shell folders.

This tutorial will show you how to change the items displayed in the places bar in the common open file dialog box for all or specific users in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.

*note You must be signed in as an administrator to change the items displayed in the places bar in the common open file dialog box.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Change Places Bar Items in Common Dialog Box for All or Specific Users in Local Group Policy Editor
• Option Two: Change Places Bar Items in Common Dialog Box for Current User in Registry Editor

EXAMPLE: Default and custom items displayed in Places bar in common open file dialog box













OPTION ONE

Change Places Bar Items in Common Dialog Box for All or Specific Users in Local Group Policy Editor
*note The Local Group Policy Editor is only available in the Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions.

All editions can use Option Two below.
1. Open the all users except administrators Local Group Policy Editor for how you want this policy applied.

2. In the left pane of the Local Group Policy Editor, click/tap on to expand User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, File Explorer, and Common Open File Dialog. (see screenshot below)



3. In the right pane of Common Open File Dialog, double click/tap on the Items displayed in Places Bar policy to edit it. (see screenshot above)

4. Do step 5 (default) or step 6 (specify) below for what you would like to do.


5. To Use Default Places Bar Items in Common Dialog Box
A) Select (dot) either Not Configured or Disabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below)

*note Not Configured is the default setting.

6. To Specify Places Bar Items in Common Dialog Box
A) Select (dot) Enabled. (see screenshot below)

B) In Places to display under Options, specify from 1 to 5 items you want to be displayed in the Places Bar.

*note Item numbers correspond in order from top to bottom in the Places Bar.

C) Click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below)




7. You can now close the Local Group Policy Editor if you like.







OPTION TWO

Change Places Bar Items in Common Dialog Box for Current User in Registry Editor
1. Press the Win+R keys to open Run, type regedit into Run, and click/tap on OK to open Registry Editor.

2. If prompted by UAC, click/tap on Yes.

3. Navigate to the key below in the left pane of Registry Editor. (see screenshot below)
*Arrow HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\comdlg32\Placesbar

*note If you do not have a comdlg32 key, right click on the Policies key, click/tap on New, click/tap on Key, type comdlg32 for the name, and press Enter.

*note If you do not have a Placesbar key, right click on the comdlg32 key, click/tap on New, click/tap on Key, type Placesbar for the name, and press Enter.




4. In the right pane of the Placesbar key, double click/tap on the Place0, Place1, Place2, Place3, or Place4 string value for the item you want to change in the Places Bar. (see screenshot above)

*note Item numbers correspond in order from top to bottom in the Places Bar.

*note If you do not have a Place0, Place1, Place2, Place3, or Place4 string value, right click on an empty area in the right pane of the Placesbar key, click/tap on New, click/tap on String Value, type Place0, Place1, Place2, Place3, or Place4 for the name of the item you want to change, and press Enter.

*note If you wanted to use a default item in the Places Bar, then delete the Place0, Place1, Place2, Place3, or Place4 string value for the item you want to be default, and click/tap on Yes to confirm when prompted.

5. Specify the item you want for this item, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)



6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for any other items in the Places Bar you want specify or restore to default.

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

That's it,
Shawn


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Hi Edwin,

Thanks for the welcome and the suggestion however, I have already turned cortana off, but the search box pops up instead and I can't figure out how to stop this. Do you know?

Thanks