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Fix: Tooltips hide behind Windows taskbar

There has been a bug in the Windows shell where the tooltips sometimes appeared behind the Windows taskbar.

The cause for this appears to be a conflict between windows that want to stay on top. Tooltips always want to be on the top. But if, like most of us do, you have the Taskbar set to be kept on top of other windows, then this situation could arise.

While this bug has been reported right from Windows 95 to Windows XP, I must say that I had experienced this personally in Windows Vista too, many a times. But I have yet to see this bug in Windows 7.

ToolTipFixer is a freeware which patches and fixes this bug in Windows.

Have any of you faced this issue where your tooltip has hidden behind the Windows 7 taskbar?

TIP: Download this tool to quickly find & fix Windows errors automatically
AnandK@TWC

AnandK@TWC

Anand Khanse is the Admin of TheWindowsClub.com, a 10-year Microsoft MVP Awardee in Windows (2006-16) & a Windows Insider MVP since then. Please read the entire post & the comments first, create a System Restore Point before making any changes to your system & be careful about any 3rd-party offers while installing freeware.

4 Comments

  1. Just installed and seems to work correctly.

    If it is really working on a long term basis, even if it is a freeware, it would certainly be worth the price of a visit at the psychiatrist’s cabinet ! 😉

  2. It occurs frequently on XP. Haven’t experienced it myself on Vista or Windows 7. Best thing is ToolTipFixer runs as a service and takes less than 300-500 KB of memory.

  3. After one day : it is still working correctly !

    The problem this software solves was driving me crazy !

    Now I will be able to quit my psychiatrist ! 🙂

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