Tweak Library – Add or edit tool tips to a new file type.

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Add or edit tool tips to a new file type.

This setting enables you to add or edit tool tip to a new file type, which does not have a tool tip.

Tweak for : Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista

Description:

Windows displays information text if the mouse is hovered on a file or folder. This text is the information about the file which is called tool tip. If a new file type is created on your system you may add a customized tool tip, if it doesn’t exists, or change the existing one, if the tool tip already exists.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. Now, move to the file extension (like “.aso”) on which you would like to create/edit the tool tip. Here, copy the value data of the “Default” String value of the file extension, and search the same in the hierarchical tree structure.

You can create a String value “InfoTip”, if this value does not exist. Now enter the info tip you would like to show with the file when mouse is hovered over it.

The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

(Default)

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Like “ASOFile” in “.aso” key.

Value Action :

Copy

Registry Entry 2 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

InfoTip

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Desired Tool tip for extension value like 'ASOFile'.

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

New ‘Tooltips’ is been added to the new file type.

No ‘Tooltips’ is visible by default in the new file type.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\(file extension)\], in the open area right-click on "(Default)" and click on 'Modify'.

Copy the value from the Value Data.

Go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\(file extension value data)\],right-click in the open area to create a String Value with the name "InfoTip" in "" key.

Next, right-click on "InfoTip" and click on 'Modify'.

Finally, enter the desired tool tip for file extension in the text box and click on 'OK'.