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Faster menu popups (MenuShowDelay = 20 ms)

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Sets MenuShowDelay = "20" (milliseconds) under Control Panel\Desktop; the Windows default is 400. This is the delay before cascading/submenus appear — dropping it from 400 ms to 20 ms makes the classic right-click 'Show more options' menu, Control Panel menus and other Win32 flyouts feel near-instant while still avoiding accidental pop-ups (0 is not recommended as menus become hard to skim). Note: modern WinUI surfaces like the Win11 Start menu ignore this value. Sign out/in to apply. Reversible; revert restores the prior value (default "400").

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