Speed up the Start Menu Intended For Windows Vista Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows 2000 Windows Me Windows 98 Windows 95 In the Registry Editor, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Control Panel\ desktop, and add a string value named MenuShowDelay, with a value specifying the number of miliseconds (400 is default, smaller numbers are faster). If you have TweakUI, move the Menu Speed control all the way to the left. Written by: Annoyances.org Last updated: Wednesday, February 7, 2007 Care to discuss this article with other Windows users? Select your operating system here, and click Continue to post your question. - Choose your OS -Windows 7Windows VistaWindows Server 2003Windows XPWindows 2000Windows MeWindows 98Windows 95 Previous discussions about this article: (open a message to see applicable responses, if any) [Windows XP] Question about 'Speed up the Start Menu' (abe: Thursday, February 21, 2002) [Windows 2000] Registry value is always overwritten (Paul Galbraith: Thursday, July 11, 2002) [Windows Me] Question about 'Speed up the Start Menu' (Bob Artell: Wednesday, July 24, 2002) [Windows XP] TweakUI's Menu Speed not there (Soetji Anto: Friday, December 6, 2002) [Windows 98] Question about 'Speed up the Start Menu' (John: Sunday, December 29, 2002) [Windows XP] Question about 'Speed up the Start Menu' (mike: Thursday, January 1, 2004) [Windows XP] Access start menu entries in seconds with 1st TurboRun (mike: Thursday, January 1, 2004) [Windows XP] Question about Right Click Menu Speed (Jeff Scarnato: Monday, January 12, 2004) [Windows XP] Question about 'Speed up the Start Menu' (Ann Miller: Monday, January 19, 2004) [Windows Me] Question about 'Speed up the Start Menu' (Stella: Wednesday, April 28, 2004) [Windows XP] Question about 'Speed up the Start Menu' (DONNA: Tuesday, May 18, 2004) [Windows XP] Or Slow down the Start Menu (Derrick Coetzee: Sunday, January 16, 2005) [Windows XP] Question about 'Speed up the Start Menu' (john robertson: Monday, November 7, 2005) Return to "Improving Performance"