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Avoid the Windows tour prompt.

Windows will show a balloon tip in the notification area for the first three times to take a Windows tour. This setting can disable this option.

Tweak for : Windows XP

Description:

Windows will show a balloon tip in the notification area for the first three times to take a Windows Tour. The user can start the Windows Tour by double-clicking the tour icon.

This feature opens up Windows experience tour useful to those who have purchased their first computer and are learning Windows for the first time. It's possible to disable the feature with this registry setting.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry paths listed below. You can create a DWORD value “RunCount” for each registry type, if this value does not exist.

Now, right-click and modify the value to “0” which can disable the
Windows tour notification. However, if you want to get the tour notification back, change the value to “1”.

The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

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Suppress the tour prompt on first 3 logon.reg

The '.reg' file can suppress the tour prompt on first 3 logon.

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Allow tour prompt on first 3 logon (Default).reg

The '.reg' file can allow tour prompt on first 3 logon as default feature.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

Tour

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 2 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

RunCount

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 3 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

RunCount

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Modified

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

Windows tour prompt is removed from the notification area.

Windows tour prompt is visible by default in the notification area.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets Tour\], in the open area right-click on "RunCount" and click on 'Modify'.

Enter the value "0" (Base Hexadecimal) in the text box and click on 'OK'.

Go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets \], key and create a new key with the name "Tour" under "Applets".

Now, right-click in the open area to create a DWORD Value with the name "RunCount" in "Tour" key.

Next, right-click on "RunCount" and click on 'Modify'.

Finally, enter the value "0" (Base Hexadecimal) in the text box and click on 'OK'.

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