Friday, January 23, 2009

Make the Start-menu Programs appear faster



Tired of that waiting for those start menu programs to appear? (Especially if you got a lot of programs). Here's a little REGISTRY tweak we can use to get rid of that delay.

* Press the Windows Key and R (to get the Run dialog box) or else you can click Start => Select Run...

* Type Regedit and hit Enter or press OK







* This is what you will see




* Now click the "+" sign beside HKEY_CURRENT_USER

* Next click the "+" sign beside Control Panel. (circled)




* Almost there - Now just single click on the key folder named Desktop which is shown within the red dots (NOT the "+" sign this time).

A whole heap of "entries" will show up.

The one we need to change is called MenuShowDelay (circled)



* Against this MenuShowDelay entry you will see a value like 400. That is the DELAY - 400ms.

* Double click the "MenuShowDelay" and you will be able to input YOUR OWN VALUE!

* Enter something in the range of 1 - 10 (but even 0 works).

* Hit OK and you are done. Close the registry editor and restart the computer to see the effect.

1 comment:

  1. Great tutorial. was looking for this. Thank you

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