How to prevent Windows from activating keytips when alt-key is held down?

Question

Try it yourself:

In file explorer when you keep the alt-key held down then keytips appear on the ribbon.

I want to prevent this behavior. In short, I want to disable alt-key held-down behavior but keep alt+anyOtherKey shortcuts enabled.

In AutoHotkey I tried the code:

Alt::return

It disables alt-key single-press but does not disable alt-key held-down behavior. Any ideas?

I have no solution for you. BUT, Alt Up::Return does prevent the keytips... (it also prevents all normal alt-combinations from working.) If you have an Alt & [letter]:: hotkey, this negates the Alt Up::Return hotkey. I also looked to see if there was some registry setting that controls keytips or keytip delays, but found nothing. — EJE
Can u replicate this behaviour with a different application than file explorer? — John

user3419297 user3419297 · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-17T18:42:45

Try

~LAlt::vk07

or

~LAlt::
~RAlt::
    Send {Blind}{vk07}
return