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"New" menu opens slowly

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by infoguy

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I'm using Windows 98se. When I right-click on the desktop and point to the "New" menu, it takes almost 10 seconds for the menu to expand. Similarly, in Windows Explorer, when I click "File" and "New" it takes the same amount of time for the menu to expand. I ran system monitor at the same time and noticed that kernel processor usage jumps to 100% during the time it takes to display. Once the menu expands, usage drops back to normal. What could be the cause of this? Has anyone else experienced this? It is very annoying.

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by dklippert

This has been a long term problem with W98.
Here are some suggestions:

Make sure that FastFind is disabled or removed.

Install TweakUI from the W98 CDROM (in the Reskit Powertoy folder)
and adjust the menu speed

Turn off Window animation.Right-click the Desktop, select Properties. Under Effects uncheck the box "Animate windows, menus and lists."
Good luck

by jmj28

Also, if you download Tweak UI, you can edit the number of programs available in this menu. Therefore any unneccessary programs that are just bogging down the menu can be removed to speed up the process.

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