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We've all seen them. They're the distracting yellowish popup balloons that appear over the notification area in the Windows XP taskbar. A common one is for taking the Windows XP tour after a fresh install. Some application specific ones are for Resharper and Visual Studio. Is there a way to disable these popups on a system level, for good, so I never see them again?
Jonathon Watney
Posted 2009-07-15T22:29:34.343
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See this KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307729
Adam Gibbins
Posted 2009-07-15T22:29:34.343
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Exactly what I was looking for. – Jonathon Watney – 2009-07-15T22:54:00.947
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I believe the TweakUI utility (224kb) comes with an option to "disable balloon tips"
Here's a screenshot:
Disabling the first option should achieve what you want.
Plus, it has lots of other cool settings to mess with. :)
Paolo Bergantino
Posted 2009-07-15T22:29:34.343
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Thanks for that but the regedit instructions that Adam linked to was exactly what I was looking for. – Jonathon Watney – 2009-07-15T22:54:49.853
it's all good. I consider TweakUI a must have which is why I recommended it over simply editing the registry. – Paolo Bergantino – 2009-07-15T23:03:37.820
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You can remove the bubble messages from taskbar in this way for windows xp
and the red balloon from the taskbar will be removed.
Hafeez Ansari
Posted 2009-07-15T22:29:34.343
Reputation: 11
They're there for a reason - you'll be breaking functionality of a lot of programs by turning them off. – Andy Mikula – 2009-07-15T22:33:41.027
@Andy, there's a Microsoft KB article specifically referring to it as a "problem", and they provide a solution! :) Seems to me if this functionality was crucial then there shouldn't be an option to disable it. Regardless, I'll take the risk. – Jonathon Watney – 2009-07-15T23:00:34.690