Tool tips aren’t showing

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Sharon_Cooke
Mar 29, 2009
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I’m using PS CS4 on Windows xp

tool ships are checked in the preferences but they’re not showing. Can you tell me what I need to do to bring these back. Thanks!

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John_Blaustein
Mar 29, 2009
I thought the Tool Tips weren’t working, but it turned out I wasn’t hovering the mouse over them for long enough. Could that be it?

John
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Sharon_Cooke
Mar 30, 2009
No, I don’t think that’s it, John. No matter how long I hover, no tool tips.
JJ
John Joslin
Mar 30, 2009
Could it be that it’s disabled in Windows?
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Freeagent
Mar 30, 2009
I have tooltips disabled in Windows, but they still work in CS4 apps.

I suppose trashing the preferences could fix it?
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dave_milbut
Mar 30, 2009
I had an issue with tooltips dissapearing and never coming back in a session when i demo’d cs4. there was a thread on it.
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Gwen_Mills
Apr 1, 2009
I have the same problem. I’m also using PS CS4 on XP. At first, the tool tips work fine. After a while, they just go away. If I exit PS and get back in, they come back. I haven’t figured out what I’m doing to cause this. I’m glad to see that I’m not the only one with this problem.
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Bob_Weinberger
Apr 1, 2009
Same here. Hoping it would be fixed in 11.0.1 but, alas, no.
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dave_milbut
Apr 1, 2009
At first, the tool tips work fine. After a while, they just go away. If I exit PS and get back in, they come back

exactly the behavior i saw and reported a few months ago.
JJ
John Joslin
Apr 1, 2009
They work for most, so it seems to be specific to a few configurations.
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Q_Photo
Apr 1, 2009
They work here but are a bit slow appearing. 3 to 4 seconds. Q
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Ronald Keller
Apr 2, 2009
Same here. Sometimes very slow appearing, sometimes not at all.

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