Disable dropdown tip bubbles.

[galen]

so these are almost as bad as Clippy, trying to give me advice all the time. I can click the "dont show me this again", but that only prevents THAT tip from being displayed. I dont want another one ever... is there a way to disable these?

Image attached.tipbubbles.png

[rkmcswain]

If you are only referring to the InfoCenter, are you open to removing InfoCenter completely? I don't know of a way to kill the messages while leaving InfoCenter intact.

If so, put this in your "acad.lsp" file (create it if needed), and restart AutoCAD twice.

;; Disable InfoCenter
(vl-registry-write
  (strcat "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\" (vlax-product-key) "\\InfoCenter")
  "InfoCenterOn"
   0
)

If you're referring to all tooltips, such as those that appear on commands in the Ribbon, etc. that is a different precedure.

[BlackBox]

;; Disable InfoCenter
(vl-registry-write
  (strcat "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\" (vlax-product-key) "\\InfoCenter")
  "InfoCenterOn"
   0
)

Be mindful of vlax-Product-Key in newer versions, as it may not always be the same as vlax-User-Product-Key; linky.

Cheers

[jpaulsen]

To change other tooltip display options look at the Display tab in the Options command.