If you have the Power Drawers taskbar icon showing, then right-click on it to open its menu and select Disable Power Drawers to completely disable Power Drawers. To re-enable Power Drawers, select the Enable Power Drawers option on that same menu.

Alternatively, you can use the Enable Power Drawers Menus checkbox on the Configuration dialog to enable or disable Power Drawers. To open the Power Drawers Configuration dialog, either double-click on the Power Drawers taskbar icon or select the Power Drawers item on any folder’s right-click menu. The Power Drawers taskbar icon changes to translucent gray when Power Drawers is disabled from the Configuration dialog or the taskbar context menu and is gold when Power Drawers is enabled.

An even quicker way to disable Power Drawers is to toggle the Scroll-Lock key on your keyboard. On most keyboards, the Scroll-Lock turns on a light on the keyboard near the key to let you know the Scroll-Lock state. If the Scroll-Lock is set, then Power Drawers is totally disabled. Toggle the Scroll-Lock again to enable Power Drawers again.

When Power Drawers is disabled with Scroll-Lock, it will still show “Power Drawers is ON” on the Power Drawers taskbar icon’s tooltip because disabling Power Drawers by setting the Scroll Lock is separate from using the context menu or the Power Drawers Configuration dialog to disable Power Drawers.