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Notifications - Change How Long to Stay Open How to Change How Long Windows 7 Notifications Stay Open
Published by Brink
05-21-2009
| Notifications - Change How Long to Stay Open How to Change How Long Windows 7 Notifications Stay Open  Information Notifications are small pop-up windows that are displayed in the notification area of the taskbar. They provide information about a variety of things, including status, progress, and the detection of new devices. Action Center also displays messages about recommended security and maintenance tasks next to its flag icon in the notification area.
This will show you how to change how long notifications or messages in the Windows 7 taskbar notification area are displayed on the screen before they close automatically.  Warning When you make any changes in the Ease of Access Center, the visual effects settings will get reset back to default settings automatically. EXAMPLE: Notification dialog box OPTION ONE Through Ease of Access Center  Note This option will let you choose to have the notifications stay open for either 5, 15, 30, 60 (1 minute), or 300 (5 minutes) seconds until they close automatically.
If you wanted to specify the amount of time in seconds you want instead, then see OPTION TWO below. 1. Open the Control Panel (All Items view), and click on the Ease of Access Center icon. 2. Click on either the Use the computer without a display or Make it easier to focus on tasks link. (See screenshot below) 3. Scroll down to where it says How long should Windows notification dialog boxes stay open., then click on the drop down arrow menu. (See screenshots below)  4. Select how long you would like to have the notifications stay open for until they close automatically, then click on OK. (See screenshots above) NOTE: The default time is 5 seconds. 5. When done, close the Ease of Access Center window. (See screenshot below step 2) OPTION TWO Manually in Registry Editor  Note This option will let you specify any amount of time in seconds you want to have the notifications stay open for until they close automatically.
Special thanks to Jeff (aka: Orbital Shark) for finding the location in the registry for this and posting it to share. 1. Open the Start Menu, then type regedit in the search line and press enter. 2. If prompted by UAC, click on Yes. 3. In regedit, navigate to: (See screenshot below)HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility  4. In the right pane, right click on MessageDuration and click on Properties. (See screeshot above) 5. Select (dot) Decimal. (See screenshot below) 6. Type in how many seconds that you want to have the notifications stay open for until they close automatically, then click on OK. (See screenshots above) NOTE: The default time is 5 seconds. Entering anything lower will still have a 5 second wait though. 7. Close Regedit. (See screenshot below step 3) 8. Log off and log on, or restart the computer to apply. That's it,
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05-21-2009
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thanks for the tut...
is there any way we could make it shorter than 5 seconds?
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05-21-2009
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#2 | | 7 Ultimate x64 RTM 7600.16385 |
same, is it possible to make it 2-3 seconds? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP a6720f OS 7 Ultimate x64 RTM 7600.16385 CPU AMD Phenom 9550 @ 2.20ghz Motherboard Asus M2N78-LA Memory 4x2GB DDR2 Patriot Viper 800mhz Graphics Card GeForce 9400 GT 512MB Sound Card Onboard Realtek Hi-Definition ALC 888S chipset Monitor(s) Displays Samsung P2370HD 23" 1080P HDTV Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech LX310 Wireless Internet Keyboard Mouse Logitech LX310 Wireless Laser Mouse Hard Drives Western Digital 640GB; Samsung 1 TB; WD 500GB; Seagate Portable 250gb; Internet Speed 7Mbps/384Kbps |
05-21-2009
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#3 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 |
Hi guys.
I'm looking into it, but if you wanted to disable them, then this will show you how to. Notification Area Balloon Tips - Enable or Disable - Vista Forums
If I find anything, I'll update the tutorial to add it as another option. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 CPU Intel i7-980X 3.3 Ghz (3.48 Ghz OC'd) Motherboard ASUS P6X58D Premium Memory 12 GB (2GBx6) DDR3 PC3-16000 2000 MHz Kingston HyperX Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB Sound Card Realtek HD Audio ALC889 Integrated Chip Monitor(s) Displays 3x 27" Asus VE278Q Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W Case Corsair Obsidian 800D Cooling Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme Copper CPU heat sink w/120 MM Hard Drives 160GB OCZ RevoDrive X2
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05-21-2009
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Quote: If I find anything, I'll update the tutorial to add it as another option. thanks for the time, MVP | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Vostro 1000 OS Windows 7 Ultimate x86 CPU AMD Sempron 3600+ Graphics Card ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 Monitor(s) Displays Generic PnP Monitor Screen Resolution 1200 x 800 Mouse Logitech V320 Cordless Optical Mouse Hard Drives WD Scorpio Blue 500 GB (WD5000BEVT) |
05-21-2009
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Hi Shawn, i think i've located the message timer. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility When changing the notification time the MessageDuration key changes. (See next 2 images) Notifications set to 5 seconds Notifications set to 30 seconds
It looks like it reads a hexidecimal figure (See image 3), as you can see 5 seconds reads as 0x00000005(5) and 30 seconds reads as 0x0000001e(30).
Hope this helps Note: I've not had a chance to test this yet so i'm not 100% certain it works Update: When changing the value if you click 'Decimal' then input a number, it automatically calculates the HEX value. It saves you having to calculate it yourself.
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05-21-2009
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#6 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 |
Thank you very much Jeff. It has been added as OPTION TWO. + rep. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 CPU Intel i7-980X 3.3 Ghz (3.48 Ghz OC'd) Motherboard ASUS P6X58D Premium Memory 12 GB (2GBx6) DDR3 PC3-16000 2000 MHz Kingston HyperX Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB Sound Card Realtek HD Audio ALC889 Integrated Chip Monitor(s) Displays 3x 27" Asus VE278Q Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W Case Corsair Obsidian 800D Cooling Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme Copper CPU heat sink w/120 MM Hard Drives 160GB OCZ RevoDrive X2
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05-21-2009
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No problem Shawn and thanks, i've taken it upon myself to untangle the mysteries of the registry | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Compaq Desktop OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU AMD Sempron Dual Core Memory 3GB Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 Screen Resolution 1024x768 Hard Drives 150GB Sata |
05-22-2009
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#8 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 |
I'd also like to note that any number below 5 seconds appears to have no effect. Seems 5 seconds is as low as it will allow, even with a lower number applied. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Airbot 2.0 OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 CPU Core i7 920 (D0) @ 4Ghz, *26c idle *65c full load on air Motherboard Asus P6X58D Premium - Sata 6Gb/s - USB 3.0 Memory 12GB DDR3 Corsair Dominator -CMD12GX3M6A1600C8 at 1600MHz Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 480 -Aftermaket Accelero Xtreme Plus cooler Sound Card ASUS Xonar D2X Monitor(s) Displays 1 LG 24" Flatron W2453V-PF 1 Samsung 24" P2450H both 2ms RT Screen Resolution 1920x1080@60hz Keyboard Logitech Wireless MK700 Mouse Logitech Wireless MK700 PSU Corsair HX1000W Case Cooler Master HAF 932 Cooling Case Fans *3 230mm, *1 140mm/CPU - *Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme Hard Drives 1 OCZ Vertex2 180GB SSD
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05-22-2009
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#9 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 |
Thank you for confirming this Aaron. I was noticing that to. It has been noted in the tutorial. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 CPU Intel i7-980X 3.3 Ghz (3.48 Ghz OC'd) Motherboard ASUS P6X58D Premium Memory 12 GB (2GBx6) DDR3 PC3-16000 2000 MHz Kingston HyperX Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB Sound Card Realtek HD Audio ALC889 Integrated Chip Monitor(s) Displays 3x 27" Asus VE278Q Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W Case Corsair Obsidian 800D Cooling Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme Copper CPU heat sink w/120 MM Hard Drives 160GB OCZ RevoDrive X2
** 2 x 1TB Samsung HDD HD154UI SATA Internet Speed 50 Mb/s Download and 2 Mb/s Upload Other Info Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
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** Samsung CLX-3175FW Printer
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