Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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How many of these did you know about? 🤔

Registry Setting Locations and Names:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
• MenuShowDelay
• DragHeight / DragWidth
• DragFromMaximize

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
• VerboseStatus

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
• DisableSearchBoxSuggestions
(Note: You might need to create the "Explorer" key)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Serialize
• StartupDelayInMSec
• WaitForIdleState

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
• ShowSecondsInSystemClock


Time Stamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:23 - Context Menu Delay
1:01 - Minimum Drag Distance
2:19 - Dragging Maximized Windows
2:53 - Verbose Startup / Shutdown Messages
3:48 - Disable Web Results in Start Menu Search
4:17 - Remove Startup Delays
5:44 - Taskbar Clock Seconds