Thursday, June 12, 2008

VBS script to turn off Ballon Tips in XP

Cut and paste this into a txt file, then save as
ToggleBallonTips.vbs


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Option Explicit
On Error Resume Next

Dim WSHShell, n, p, itemtype, MyBox
Set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

p = "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\EnableBalloonTips"

itemtype = "REG_DWORD"

n = WSHShell.RegRead (p)
errnum = Err.Number

if errnum <> 1 then

    WSHShell.RegWrite p, 0, itemtype
End If

If n = 0 Then
   WshShell.RegWrite p, 1, itemtype
   MyBox = MsgBox("Balloon Tips are now ENABLED", 64, "Show or Hide Balloon Tips")
End If

If n = 1 Then
   WshShell.Regwrite p, 0, itemtype
   MyBox = MsgBox("Balloon Tips are now DISABLED", 64, "Show or Hide Balloon Tips")
End If

Set WshShell = Nothing

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