Windows 10: Change Tooltips Text Size in Windows 10

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    Brink New Member

    Change Tooltips Text Size in Windows 10


    How to: Change Tooltips Text Size in Windows 10

    How to Change Text Size for Tooltips in Windows 10


    A tooltip is a small pop-up that displays the label of an unlabeled control or glyph in Windows.

    This tutorial will show you how to change the font size of text for tooltips to what you want for your account in Windows 10.

    *note If you change your DPI scaling level, it will also change the text size of tooltips to scale with the DPI setting.


    CONTENTS:
    • Option One: To Change Text Size for Tooltips using "System Font Size Changer" by WinTools
    • Option Two: To Change Text Size for Tooltips using a REG file

    EXAMPLE: "Close" button for windows tooltip

    Change Tooltips Text Size in Windows 10 [​IMG]







    OPTION ONE [/i] To Change Text Size for Tooltips using "System Font Size Changer" by WinTools
    1. If you haven't already, download the latest version of System Font Size Changer from WinTools.
    Download
    2. Run the downloaded changesize.exe file.

    *note This is a standalone .exe file (program) that does not install anything on your system.

    3. If you like, you can click/tap on Export to export your current font text size settings to a .reg file to make restoring them easy if needed.

    4. Perform the following actions: (see screenshot below)
    • Select (dot) Tooltip.
    • Check or uncheck Bold if you want bold text or not.
    • Adjust the slider for the font size you want.
    • When finished, click/tap on Apply.

    Change Tooltips Text Size in Windows 10 [​IMG]

    5. Click/tap on OK when you are ready to sign in again. (see screenshot below)


    Change Tooltips Text Size in Windows 10 [​IMG]






    OPTION TWO [/i] To Change Text Size for Tooltips using a REG file
    1. Click/tap on the Download button in the table below for the tooltips text size you want, and if you want the text to be bold or not.

    2. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

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

    4. If prompted, click on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

    5. sign in to apply.

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

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    That's it,
    Shawn


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    Brink, Jan 15, 2018
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  2. CLINT
    Clint Win User
    Clint, Oct 26, 2019
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  3. BRINK
    Brink Win User
    changing Windows Explorer text size


    Hello Patrick, Change Tooltips Text Size in Windows 10 :)

    If you like, the tutorials below can helps show you how to change the text size for the following items in Windows 10.


    Another option would be to change the default system font to something that may look better to you.

    *Arrow Change Default System Font in Windows 10 Windows 10 Tutorials
     
    Brink, Oct 26, 2019
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  4. BRINK
    Brink Win User

    Change Tooltips Text Size in Windows 10

    Change Icons Text Size in Windows 10  


    Hello @Mooly, Change Tooltips Text Size in Windows 10 :)

    You can still manually change all of those using the .reg files from the tutorials below except for "palette titles" in Windows 10 Creators Update. "Palette titles" are no longer available.


     
    Brink, Oct 26, 2019
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  5. PARTH P PATEL
    Parth P Patel Win User
    Windows 10, How does one increase the size of the tooltips text for icons on the Task Bar ?

    Hi,

    Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. I understand the inconvenience you are facing. I will certainly help you with this.

    I suggest you to follow the below given steps and check if it answers to your query.


    • Press Windows key + X and click on
      Control Panel      .

    • Click on Display.

    • Click on Tooltips from the drop down under
      Change only the text size.

    • Check the checkbox for bold text.

    • Set the Custom Scaling level under
      Change size of item section       to increase size on scale base.

    • Click on apply and check.

    Hope this information helps. Post back with updated issue details for further help.

    Thank you.
     
    Parth P Patel, Oct 26, 2019
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  6. BRINK
    Brink Win User
    Brink, Oct 26, 2019
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