Windows 10: Please help if you can. How to edit FOLDER tooltips in the registry.

I have already inquired about this in the past, but I can't seem to get a response from anyone. I would really appreciate some help with this please *Smile.

In order to customize which fields/properties are displayed in the tooltips for any given file type you can edit the string value in the registry at:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\ * - edit the "InfoTip" string value
or
Choose individual file extensions to edit the tooltips for only those specific file types.

My question is:
How can this be done for FOLDERS? I have searched everywhere trying to find out but I can only find the info for FILES, not folders.

For example, there is an excellent tutorial here: Customize Windows Explorer Tooltips - gHacks Tech News
Unfortunately, even though it mentions both files AND folders, there is no explanation for folders.

:)

 

How do I eliminate the popup showing the link when I mouse over the link?

How do I get that link window moved to the bottom of the screen?

that's called the tooltip

you can't move it to the bottom of the screen

only web browsers will place the "hovered" link in the statusbar instead of on the tooltip

you can only turn off the tootip completely for the whole OS or not at all

edit:

some programs can implement their own tooltip functions

and some OS functions will always show tooltips regardless of settings

the only other possible setting would be found in the registry

to delay the hover time, but that also affects the whole OS

eg.

hovering a file in exploder also produces a tooltip with the file details

extending the delay time would also affect this and other functions

 

Please help if you can - is there a way to transfer your text message history from a Kin oneM phone to your computer?

thats too bad. thank you for helping, though

 

I don't know if it works- not tried it- but there's this:
Windows Explorer: Folder Comments | Windows Secrets Lounge
#6 on.

However hacking the registry carries its own risks.

Also see:
Customize Windows Explorer Tooltips - gHacks Tech News



which might be of interest.

 

I'm NOT looking to add comments to the tooltip. I'd simply like to know how to edit the properties (size, date created etc...). This is easy to do for files, including different file types.

Seriously? That is the EXACT link I put in the original post. As I said, it only explains how to edit tooltip properties for FILES, not FOLDERS.

I guess no one can help with this then. Oh well. *cry

 

Sorry for duplicating your link. Good luck.