Hi zyzzyva,

I'd have thought it rather obvious from og2471's profile, that the OS is Win 7x32, with Office 2007.

And what has a change in mouse got to do with it? Either the hover display is working, or it isn't - a change of mouse won't affect that.

og2471: I assume you're referring to what shows on the Windows Start menu. In that case, the first thing to do would be:


1. Right Click on the Start button.
2. Select Properties tab.
3. Ensure the options -
• "Store and display recently opened programs in the Start Menu"; and
• "Store and display recently opened items in the Start Menu and the Taskbar"
are both checked.
For further info, see http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...the-Start-menu

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

When I troubleshoot, I start with some of the obvious, things my mind wants more complex that are not, e.g., doing a simple Restart or going to bed to get a good nights sleep--These two things are simply amazing

I like to work backwards eliminating the simple to the complex

He did an uninstall / reinstall, which if he used Windows Uninstaller kept many of his settings in Registry, so if it is an Excel issue, then the issue likely remains...This is why I uninstall with Revo's Free Uninstaller, because I want to totally clean out my Registry with an Uninstall

But is this an Excel issue? What about other Office programs such as Word? Do other non-Office programs in his Start menu do this? If the answer is Yes, then I would move to my Windows settings

My mouse point is this: maybe the mouse has a problem, which on my own system I want to eliminate as a problem..Maybe a battery is weak, yet showing it is not...Maybe a Mouse setting has changed with all the troubleshooting...Maybe a Window patch caused it....I have learned with many Window issues do NOT ask why, just make whatever work again

Next, if I can establish a "when," then I would seek to Restore just previous to that point

I have learned at Hard Knock U Computer Academy to work from the simple backwards--things I am just absolutely, positively sure cannot be it, but turns out is