Speed up menus in Windows 7

Speedy menus

Follow these steps to speed up menu display in Windows 7. In the Start Menu Search box type the word “regedit” and click the regedit.exe entry. (Figure A)

Figure A

Start the registry editor

Under the HKEY_CURRENT_USER hive, navigate to this key:

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

In the right-hand pane, look for the MenuShowDelay item. (Figure B)

Figure B

MenuShowDelay item

Right-click on the MenuShowDelay item and select the Modify option in the context menu. (Figure C)

Figure C

Click Modify

You can now change the value in the Edit String dialog box to a number lower than the default 400. (Figure D)

Warning, don’t go crazy and make the value zero or otherwise extraordinarily low because it could make navigating Windows impossible. A better value would be around 100.

Figure D

Change default value