Edit tool tip of recovered file fragments (.CHK).

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This setting enables you to edit tool tip of recovered file fragments i.e. .CHK file.
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Description:
Windows displays information text if the mouse is hovered on a file or folder. This text is the information about the file which is called tool tip. Disk checking programs like chkdsk or scandisk saves file errors in a file as file fragments, which has an extension of .chk. This setting lets you modify the text of its tool tip. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a string value infotip, if this value does not exist. Now, right-click and modify the value to with the info tip you would like to show with the file when mouse is hovered over it. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.




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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".
Go to <b>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\chkfile\]</b>, in the open area right-click on "InfoTip" and click on 'Modify'.
Finally, enter the desired info tip in the text box and click on 'OK'.


Registry Entries

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  • Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\chkfile\]
  • Location: Local Machine
  • Value Name: InfoTip
  • Data Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ (Expandable String Value)
  • Action Type: Modified


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