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Other Operating Systems => Windows 8 => Windows 8.1 Help and How to | Activation => Topic started by: javajolt on December 21, 2013, 07:09:37 PM
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The Windows Embedded 8 Release Notes state that Windows 8 apps do not start immediately when using Windows 8 App Launcher. Most of the PC enthusiasts are researching ways to increase the speed of the computer by trying out various tweaks. Today I’ll share with you a tweak which I came across in the said Release Notes on decreasing the Desktop loading time on Windows 8 using a registry hack.
I would strongly advise to create a system restore point or take a backup of your registry before proceeding further. To backup the registry follow these steps:
Press Win + R and type in Regedit
Go up to the file menu and click on Export
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Make sure the Export range is set to ALL
Then type in the file name and hit Save.
Make Windows 8 Apps load faster
Method 1:
Now that we backed up the registry let start the process
Open the registry and go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
Look for key Serialize, if you don’t find it then create one
Right click on Explorer key and point to new and select key and type in Serialize
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Now right click on an empty area on the right side of the window and then point to “New” and “DWORD (32-bit)” and type in StartupDelayInMSec
Next double click on StartupDelayInMSec and type the value data as 0 and click OK
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Now reboot your computer to take effect.
Method 2:
Open Notepad and paste the following text:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Serialize]
"StartupDelayInMSec"=dword:00000000
Go to file and click on Save As
Type in the file name in quotes “Decrease-boot-time.reg” and save it to your desktop
Then just double click on the file name and click Yes for the prompt.
Reboot the system.
If you want to revert back to default settings just remove StartupDelayInMSecunder Serialize.
What this does it you can set a value to delay your windows to startup your desktop applications automatically. So by setting the value to zero will automatically decrease the boot time of your Windows 8 PC.
Some say it’s just a placebo, while others say it works – so let us know if it worked for you.
Check this if your Windows 8 apps take a long time to load.
source:twc