Vista Tutorial - Menu Show Delay Time

Information

This will show you how to change the amount of time it takes for a menu to pop, fade, or slide open when you run the pointer over it and hover. You can speed it up or slow it down to what you want it to do.

WARNING

This will only apply these changes to the user account that is currently logged on, not all user accounts.

Tip

The Visual Effects options Fade or slide menus into view, Fade out menu items after clicking, Slide out combo boxes, and Slide taskbar buttons will also have an effect on the speed of menus opening. For how to turn these on or off, see: How to Change the Visual Effects Options for Appearance and Performance in Vista

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1. To Have a Fast Menu Show Time -
NOTE: This changes the menu show delay time to 1 millisecond.

A) Click on the download button below to download the Fast_MenuShowDelay.reg file.

B) Go to step 3.

2. To Restore the Default Menu Show Time -
NOTE: This changes the menu show delay time back to 400 milliseconds.

A) Click on the download button below to download the Default_MenuShowDelay.reg file.

3. Click on Save, and save the .reg file to the Desktop.

4. Right click the .reg (On Desktop) file and click on Merge.

5. Click on the Run button in the Security Warning pop-up.

6. Click on Continue (UAC), Yes, and then on OK when prompted.

7. Logoff and logon, or restart the computer to apply the changes.

8. When done, you can delete the .reg file (On Desktop).

1. Open the Start Menu.

2. In the white line (Start Search) area, type regedit and press Enter.

3. If prompted, click on Continue in the UAC prompt.

4. In regedit, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

5. In the right pane, right click MenuShowDelay and click on Modify. (See screenshot below)

6. Type in a number between 0 to 4000 (400 is default, I use 1) for how many milliseconds you want the Menu to wait before it opens. (See screenshot below step 7)
NOTE: The lower the number, the faster the response time. If you use an entry of 0, there is no menu display delay. However it is not recommended to use 0 though since the menus may be hard to navigate through at that speed.

7. Click on OK to apply.

8. Close regedit.

9. Logoff and logon, or restart the computer to apply the changes.
NOTE: Now, open a Menu and see how much faster it responds.