Disable Hover Feature

My computer was already set to double click so the adjustment in Folder Options did not help and I was still experiencing all kinds of things opening and moving because of the mouse hovering.  I also didn't use the solution for the submenus since I actually like to have submenus open if I hover as I often use that for drop and drag and that still didn't seem to be a solution to the additional hover items that are affected in Windows 7 as compared to Vista.  Many more things opened or expanded without my wanting them in this format.   I have not been able to find anything from Microsoft saying how to disengage  The most helpful was when l I tried a partial of Damocles 13's solution pasted here    "  Start> Control Panel> System and Security> System> Advanced system settings (on the left side of the screen, Win7 Pro it is the last item). The Advance Tab should come up. In the performance section click settings. Check the “Custom” radio button. I disabled everything then one at a time started re-enabling them; so far so good."    I did not disable everything, only the "animation" options and without spending a lot of time, this seems to have done the trick.  If I have some time, I may also see if there are one or two of these that could remain on as now if I scroll over programs open, it doesn't show a preview of the open items, just a text version.  However, that's much better than a pile of things moving expanding and opening without "request".  It would also be really much more helpful if there were descriptions of what each option does so that one could make an intelligent decision about whether one wishes an option or not.

I truly hope this saves someone the hours I have spent and the opportunity not to be "too aggravated".

Hopefully you've found the solution to this mouse hover issue.  if not.. follow this link...  http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080726075228AAoFqus   this helped me... it explains that this is a folder option that needs to be changed.  I was going crazy too.

try this...  This just fixed it for me...  This is a folder option that needs to be changed. I have windows 7, picked any folder and tapped <alt> to display the folder options.  Chose tools, and then folder options.The second option is for "Click item as follows"... choose double click to open, and that should fix it.

From "tink" on the Kioskea forum:

By default in Windows 7, when you hover your mouse pointer over the "All Programs" menu or other defined menus in the Start Menu, after a brief moment Windows automatically opens the submenu. This assumes that whenever you hover your mouse pointer over a menu, you mean to expand it.

If you do not like this behavior it can be disabled.

1. Right-click an empty area of the taskbar and choose "Properties".
2. The "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" multi-tabbed dialog box appears. Click the "Start Menu" tab.
3. Click the "Customize" button.
4. The "Customize Start Menu" dialog box appears. Scroll down and uncheck the "Open submenus when I pause on them with the mouse pointer" box.

Disable automatic submenu expansion in the Start Menu upon mouse hover in Windows 7

5. Click "OK" on the dialog boxes to close them.

Hover Alert!!!

I think I may have found an answer. Try this: Start> Control Panel> System and Security> System> Advanced system settings (on the left side of the screen, Win7 Pro it is the last item). The Advance Tab should come up. In the performance section click settings. Check the “Custom” radio button. I disabled everything then one at a time started re-enabling them; so far so good.

I have hovered over everything I could find and nothing has happened that I did not want to happen. I’m going to test this for another hour before I post, just to be sure.

Well, I've done everything I could think of to make the darn thing engage while hovering. I really hope this works for you raebeia. I'm at gmail with this moniker if there are any questions.