justarion / win11_popuphost_fix

A quick fix in Windows 11 to click through tooltip popups.

Note

Windows 11 has begun rolling out updates to their programs that fixes this problem. It's currently fixed in the latest version of explorer in an explorer window, but not the taskbar. Task Manager hasn't been updated yet and as such still experiences this bug.

Prerequisites

• .NET 7.0.X Desktop Runtime (Select the ".NET Desktop Runtime 7.0" for x86)

Installing

Given you've installed the Prerequisites To Install or Uninstall simply run Start_Tooltip_Fix.exe from the extracted .zip from the releases section.

Optional

The program can be installed as admin to affect programs that run as admin too but is not required

Requirements (To Build from Source)

• .NET 7.0.X SDK - x86
• Optional* Git

Building from Source

Make sure the proper .NET 7.0.X SDK is installed.

git clone https://github.com/JustArion/Win11_Tooltip_Fix
cd .\Win11_Tooltip_Fix\
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process
./Build.ps1

Packages

The following packages are used in this project:

        <PackageReference Include="TaskScheduler" Version="2.10.1" />
        <PackageReference Include="Interop.UIAutomationClient.Signed" Version="10.19041.0" />
        <PackageReference Include="Vanara.PInvoke.Kernel32" Version="3.4.16" />
        <PackageReference Include="Vanara.PInvoke.User32" Version="3.4.15" />
        <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Console" Version="4.1.0" />
        <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Enrichers.Process" Version="2.0.2" />
        <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Seq" Version="5.2.2" />

Addresses: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1466612-windows-11-annoyance-tooltips-blocking-every-other-action/

Pictures of an info popup:

win11_popuphost_fix's Issues

VS Setup Project Doesn't support AspNetCoreRuntime checks and downloads

Currently this is a blocking issue to pushing a new release with the fix to swap to using the program as a windows service for startups / stops.

The ServiceSetup in the project currently detects runtimes that are missing and installs them if needed. The issue is, AspNetCore is not one of them.

The current goal is:

• Install the project on the PC
• Download and install missing runtimes (prompt the user for this and fail the install if declined perhaps)
• Register the program as a service
• Start the service on install success

Too dumb to work out how to install this :(

Hi, as the title suggests I'm way too stupid to figure out how to install this. I don't really know code at all, or how to "build" things unless it's straighforward and with step by step instructions :(

I tried creating Build.ps1 and ScheduleStartup.ps1 and copy pasted all the lines from the files on here and tried running those but that didn't seem to do anything at all... Sorry to be a pain in the ass, but could you help me out with steps to install this?