[quote="leo"]Rather than empty the infotips, turn them off: Preferences / File Displays / Options / Enable file InfoTips....
(Also, please ask one question per post.)[/quote]
They are turned off: Preferences / File Displays / Options / Enable file InfoTips....
Before it was turned off, when I hovered over ANY folder InfoTips would pop up and after I did what you posted (Preferences / File Displays / Options / Enable file InfoTips...) it stopped InfoTips EXCEPT for the folders that have long names and can't be fully displayed.