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Speed up the Start Menu

2 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/speed-up-the-start-menu.72662/

Batistabomb
Batistabomb Original post #1
Nov 7, 2007 at 3:59 PM
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Times] The default speed of the Start Menu is pretty slow, but you can fix that by editing a Registry Key. Fire up the Registry Editor and navigate to the following key: [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Times]HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop \ MenuShowDelay [/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Times]By default, the value is 400. Change this to a smaller value, such as 0, to speed it up.[/FONT]
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[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Times]f this doesn't work for some reason, then you might try the following: Navigate to [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Times]Display Properties then Appearance then Effects and turn off the option titled Show menu shadow. You will get much better overall performance.[/FONT]
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vaibhavtek #2
Nov 7, 2007 at 4:39 PM
cool trick