balloon popups hiding?

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BruceM

When I right click on items near the clock they sometimes (mostly) pop up
hiding behind the open window & usually behind the status bar itself. It is
a real pain. To see it & be able to click on a selection I need to minimize
all windows & then set status bar to "auto hide".
I can't even "mouse over" the items & read the resulting pop up.
Suggestions please?
Thanks in advance.
 
Hi Bruce,

Icon tool tips are hidden behind the taskbar:
This is a known bug, and there is no known fix to date.

For a temporary fix:
Go to Taskbar - Properties:
Uncheck - Keep the taskbar on top and lock taskbar.
Hit Apply and OK.
Reverse the process and click apply and OK
 
As Bert posted.

Also you can kill explorer.exe and restart it.

Open the Task Manager...
Ctrl + Shift + Escape | Click on the Processes tab | Locate and highlight
explorer.exe | Right click explorer.exe | Click End Process | Click
Yes to the Task Manager Warning that pops up | Click File on the Toolbar |
Click New Task (Run...) | Type in: explorer | Click OK

End Process on explorer.exe will make your Desktop and all programs
disappear. This can be startling. Restarting explorer will bring
everything back.

This can fix/restore/reinitialize/refresh a lot of things.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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