Windows XP Taskbar descriptions box

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When I put my mouse over an icon on the taskbar I get the little box
(Tooltip?)describing what that icon is for. Well, the box opens under or
behind the taskbar so I can't see what it says.

How do I get it to appear on top of the taskbar?

Many Thanks
 
TaurArian said:
Tooltips for some taskbar icons are hidden behind the taskbar on a
Windows XP-based computer http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=912650
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It seems quite a drastic solution to logoff and logon again when this
behaviour happens so many times.

It has annoyed me quite a lot.

I eventually found that clicking on the desktop and then clicking back on an
icon usually resolves it. I say usually because I often have to try this a
few times. I am never quite sure what resolves it. In any case, I do *not*
logoff to correct it
 
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.

Tooltips behind taskbar - FIXED! (Or not)
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/mi...tvc=1&q=tooltip+behind&hl=en#8fcf735bff473a64

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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I guess this counts as one of the problems that are known but not known how
to fix it.

Thanks for the replies.

Ian Skolnick
 
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