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Start Menu Submenus Stop Opening Automatically

When you are navigating your way through Windows XP ʺStartʺ menu, if you hover your mouse over a menu, such as ʺAll Programsʺ, after a second or two the menu will expand, showing you its options.

Whilst this can be very convenient as it minimizes mouse clicks, however, on slower machines the automatic opening of menus may not be desired.

If the computer responds slowly, you may accidentally move your mouse to a different menu, causing the first menu to open, then close, then the second menu to open.

This can cause a very sluggish and irritating response when navigating the ʺStartʺ menu.

You can change this default behavior so that you must actually click on a menu to expand its contents.

How :‐

Right‐click on an empty area of the Taskbar,

Select ʺPropertiesʺ.

When the ʺTaskbar and Start Menu Propertiesʺ multi‐tabbed dialog box appears,

Click the ʺStart Menuʺ tab.

Select ʺCustomizeʺ next to ʺStart Menuʺ.

When the ʺCustomize Start Menuʺ dialog box appears,

Click the ʺAdvancedʺ tab.

In ʺStart menu settingsʺ,

Uncheck ʺOpen submenus when I pause on them with my mouseʺ.

ʺOKʺ