Policy

Remove Balloon Tips on Start Menu items

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassUser
CategoryStart Menu and Taskbar
Supported onWindows Server 2003 and Windows XP only

Supported OS tags: WindowsServer2003, WindowsXP

Hides pop-up text on the Start menu and in the notification area. When you hold the cursor over an item on the Start menu or in the notification area, the system displays pop-up text providing additional information about the object. If you enable this setting, some of this pop-up text is not displayed. The pop-up text affected by this setting includes "Click here to begin" on the Start button, "Where have all my programs gone" on the Start menu, and "Where have my icons gone" in the notification area. If you disable this setting or do not configure it, all pop-up text is displayed on the Start menu and in the notification area.

Internal name
NoBalloonTip
Policy ID
d8ca4df115e7
Elements
0

Registry values

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Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoSMBalloonTipREG_DWORD
1
0

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