Change the Alignment of Drop-Down Menus (All Windows)

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Change the Alignment of Drop-Down Menus (All Windows)
Category: Home > Windows > Appearance > Effects and Menus

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By default, Windows drop-down menus are aligned to the left, with this tweak you can change the default behavior to align the menus to the right instead.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new string value, or modify the existing value, named 'MenuDropAlignment' and set it to equal '1' for right alignment or '0' for left alignment.

Restart or logoff Windows for the changes to take effect.


(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
MenuDropAlignment	REG_SZ	"1"


	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

Settings:

User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
Name: MenuDropAlignment
Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
Value: (0 = left, 1 = right)

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: March 29, 2002

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