Suppressing Balloon Pop-Ups
Balloon pop-ups typically appear when new programs and hardware are installed, when disk space becomes limited, and when tools such as .NET Messenger are included in a run-time image. If you do not want balloon pop-ups to appear in your run-time image, you can prevent them either by changing the settings of the User Interface Core component, or by setting values in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced registry key.
By setting registry values, you can choose which balloon pop-ups to suppress. You can prevent all balloon pop-ups appearing by disabling the EnableBalloonTips registry value. You can prevent just the "New programs installed" balloon pop-ups appearing by disabling the Start_NotifyNewApps registry. These registry values are not included by default in most run-time images and must be added.
To suppress balloon pop-ups by changing User Interface Core settings
- In Target Designer, open your run-time image configuration.
- In the configuration editor, expand the node for the User Interface Core component and choose Settings.
- In the details pane, on the User Interface Settings tab, clear the Show Notifications on Task bar check box.
To suppress balloon pop-ups by setting registry values
In Target Designer, open your run-time image configuration.
In the configuration editor, expand the node for the SLX file, right-click Extra Registry Data and choose Add. The Add an Extra Registry Entry to the Configuration dialog box appears.
In the Root list, select HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
In the Key name box, type
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
or choose Browse to navigate to that location.In the Value name box, type one of the following:
- To suppress all balloon pop-ups, type:
EnableBalloonTips
- To suppress only "New programs installed" balloon pop-ups, type:
Start_NotifyNewApps
- To suppress all balloon pop-ups, type:
In the Type list, select REG_DWORD.
In the Value box, type
0
.For EnableBalloonTips, the value 2 enables balloon pop-ups and the value 0 disables them. For Start_NotifyNewApps, the value 1 enables balloon pop-ups and the value 0 disables them.
In the Description box, type a description for this registry value for future reference.
Choose OK.
Note When EnableBalloonTips is disabled, enabling Start_NotifyNewApps has no effect.
See Also
Message Box and Balloon Pop-Up Interception
Last updated on Wednesday, October 18, 2006
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