Single click hover time edit in registry DWORD, Please help

stevef22 · 12 Dec 2020

I love single click to open. However, hover time is actually slower than me double-clicking on icon to open.

I adjusted this setting so far and no change.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse (DWORD) MouseHoverTime = <ms>

Any other settign Im missing? I want it to hightlight instantly after hovering over desktop icon. So single click is instant.

Thank you.

Found this here but no help
Mouse Hover Time - Change - Windows 7 Help Forums

TairikuOkami · 12 Dec 2020

The value is supposed to be SZ not DWORD.

Code:

reg add "HKCU\Control Panel\Mouse" /v "MouseHoverTime" /t REG_SZ /d "0" /f

Maybe try this as well:

Code:

reg add "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MenuShowDelay" /t REG_SZ /d "0" /f

By the way I use this upon Windows install to set it up instantly:

Code:

reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer" /v "ShellState" /t REG_BINARY /d "2400000017a8000000000000000000000000000001000000130000000000000073000000" /f

stevef22 said:

I want it to hightlight instantly after hovering over desktop icon. So single click is instant.

I like that as well:

Edwin · 12 Dec 2020

TairikuOkami said:

...The value is supposed to be SZ not DWORD...

Good catch!

stevef22 · 12 Dec 2020

Update:
- - - Updated - - -

Seems that no matter what time I set too.... same time for window to open. Take a look at my short 1min vid.

2020-12-12 at 19-14-29.mp4 - Google Drive

Thanks for your help

Edwin · 12 Dec 2020

The time it takes for a certain window to open has nothing to do with Mouse Hover Time or Menu Show Delay

stevef22 · 12 Dec 2020

Edwin said:

The time it takes for a certain window to open has nothing to do with Mouse Hover Time or Menu Show Delay

Understand,

point of my vid is to show adjusting time in ms does nothing. ( window does not take any longer when adjusting ) so this tells me maybe reg edit not working.

Thank you

Edwin · 12 Dec 2020

stevef22 said:

Understand,

point of my vid is to show adjusting time in ms does nothing. ( window does not take any longer when adjusting ) so this tells me maybe reg edit not working.

Thank you

Did you reboot in between?

stevef22 · 12 Dec 2020

Edwin said:

Did you reboot in between?

No I did not! Thank you

Brink · 13 Dec 2020

New tutorial below to help with this.

Customization - How to Change Mouse Hover Time in Windows | Windows Questions

stevef22 · 13 Dec 2020

Brink said:

New tutorial below to help with this.

Customization - How to Change Mouse Hover Time in Windows | Windows Questions

Thank you very much Alien person. So its importiant to restart after every registry change?

Is there a code to force refresh of registry w/o restarting? That would be stellar