Tech Titbits » Quick Tips http://techtitbits.com Titbits of technology, with extra sauce Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:40:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Open the Start Menu faster http://techtitbits.com/2010/03/open-the-start-menu-faster/ http://techtitbits.com/2010/03/open-the-start-menu-faster/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:10:36 +0000 Ellimist http://techtitbits.com/?p=376
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  • Changing the default command prompt directory
  • Drive showing “Open with” instead of opening
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    The Start Menu in Windows seems to open fast using this trick.
    Open the registry editor by going to Start ->Run ->regedit. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Desktop. Double-click on MenuShowDelay and set it to ’0′.

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  • How to change drive letters in Windows
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    To close many Windows at once in Windows 7/Vista/XP, keep the [Ctrl] key pressed and select all the windows you want to close in the taskbar. Then leave the [Ctrl] key, and right-click on the last selected taskbar entry. Select “Close group” from the context menu that appears.

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