Menus won't expand

[Gary Burton]

I have a new installation of WinXP SP2 on my laptop. Now I can't get the control panel menu in the start menu to open. It works if I choose the Classic start menu, but if I try to customize the Win XP start menu and select customize--advanced tab--then check "Open submenus when I pause on them with my mouse". The menus will not expand.

Please help, if you can.

 

[Kelly]

Hi Gary,

Also while there, select display as a menu under Control Panel.

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com



I have a new installation of WinXP SP2 on my laptop. Now I can't get
the control panel menu in the start menu to open. It works if I choose the
Classic start menu, but if I try to customize the Win XP start menu and
select customize--advanced tab--then check "Open submenus when I pause on
them with my mouse". The menus will not expand.

Please help, if you can.

 

[Gary Burton]

None of those tweaks seemed to match my situation. Maybe I just can't
decipher the names correctly. I just want the control panel to expand the
same way it does on my other machine and the same way "All Programs"
expands. If you have the number of a tweak that addresses this problem
specifically, I would appreciate your referral to it. Here it is again:

"If I try to customize the Win XP start menu and select
customize--advanced tab--then check "Open submenus when I pause on them with
my mouse". The menus will not expand.

I seem to have a systemic problem, and I am seeing strange behaviors all
over the place. Over the next few days (if I can't get it fixed otherwise),
I want to collect all the information about these symptoms and post it in
hopes that someone can find a pattern.

I would value your comment on that posting.