Tooltips behind the Taskbar
This is a known problem. A couple of ways to band-aid this. Reboot or
logoff and log back on. Hide the Taskbar then show it again.
Or kill explorer.exe and restart it.
Open Task Manager...
Ctrl + Shift + Escape | Processes tab | Right click explorer.exe |
Select: End Process | Click Yes to Warning | Click File |
Click New Task (Run...) | Type: explorer | Click OK
End Task on explorer.exe will make your Desktop and all programs
disappear. Restarting explorer will bring everything back.
Microsoft has come out with a KB article. Unfortunately the KB article
does not offer any real reason for the CAUSE, or a fix.
Tooltips for some taskbar icons are hidden behind the taskbar on a
Windows XP-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=912650
Here's another method, I mean band-aid.
Click Start
Click All Programs
Right-click ANY folder OR shortcut that appears ABOVE the taskbar
Click Sort by Name
from...
Tooltips behind taskbar - FIXED! (Or not)
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/mi...tvc=1&q=tooltip+behind&hl=en#8fcf735bff473a64
Somebody posted a program that they created that supposedly fixes the
problem for 9.95 USD. Not worth 10 bucks to me.
I am *NOT* recommending this program, but here ya are..
[[ Check out this web site for more information and a fix:
http://www.acquaviva.us/tooltipmanager
Tool Tip Manager specifically fixes this problem by looking at various
taskbar window messages and resetting the tooltip's "topmost" window
style automatically as needed.
Regards,
Nick Acquaviva]]
from...
Tooltips behind taskbar - FIXED!
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...nsubject:FIXED!&rnum=1&hl=en#3cb1244c1c472bd4
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In
Shawn Keene said:
Sometimes taskbar tooltips appear behind the taskbar. This is most
annoying when checking the status of an application running as a tray
icon, or when trying to quickly see today's date.
Any known solution?
