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Child Menu Pop-Up Delay

Windows 95 shows list of menu items when the Start button is pressed, which allow the user to select programs and documents from the corresponding sub menus. The delay for the sub menus to show up can be adjusted by adding an item in the Registry. Editing the Registry should be done only by experienced users and with extreme care and the Registry should always be exported or backed up before any changes are made.

1. Start the REGEDIT.EXE program.

2. Go to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\CONTROL PANEL\DESKTOP

3. Click the right mouse button in the open area of the right panel and select the New String item from the menu.

4. Type MenuShowDelay exactly for name of the new key entry and press the Enter key.

5. Double click the new key entry to open the Edit String dialog box and enter a value from 1 for the shortest delay (fastest display of the sub menus) up to 10 for the longest delay (slowest display). Most power users will prefer a value of 1.

This parameter can also be set with the Tweak control panel applet. The Tweak utility is included in the PowerToys pack available from the Microsoft web sit.


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