Re: XP-Home: Delay when accessing "Programs" menu

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On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 17:07:06 -0600, Wesley Vogel had said ...

Nope!. This one did not solve the the problem. I set it to 100 as a
experiment and rebooted (several times).

I also used the tweakUI Mouse item but this is, of course, for a
different feature.

I should mention that with my problem, the Start|Programs menu appears
as a grey box (Using Classic Start Menu) quickly enough but it takes
quite a few seconds to _populate it_. After several sequential uses, it
populates instantly leading me to suspect caching or something
similar.....

The suggestion to disable the AV was tried as well. I am using Avast AV
and temporarily stopping on access protection did not seem to help
either but then again, this is only the read of file folder and not the
accessing of an executable so I don't know whether or not I disabled the
correct function. I will look at this one further but the delay is only
a recent happening and I have been using Avast for a long time now. Of
course, the Avast program has been auto-updated recently and could be
the root cause.

Thanks for the replies

BTW, Wesley, I did not understand your 2nd post. Finger trouble maybe??
LOL

Simon

> Change the Speed of the Start Menu
>
> Start | Run | Type: regedit | OK
>
> Navigate to >>>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop \
> Value Name: MenuShowDelay
> Value Type: REG_DWORD
> Value Data: 400
> (0 is the fastest, 400 is default. These are all in milliseconds).
>
> Log off, or restart Windows for the changes to take effect.
>
> Or use TweakUI...
>
> TweakUI
> [+] Mouse
>
> [[The Menu Speed slider control sets the speed at which cascading menus
> automatically open when you move the mouse over them. The fastest setting
> causes them to open immediately and the slowest setting is extraordinary
> slow.]]
> ----
>
> Download TweakUI here >>>
>
> Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
>
> Tweak UI
> TweakUI.exe
> ===
>
> Tweak UI for Windows XP Guide
> http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx
>
>
.

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