Thursday, September 22, 2011

Windows 8 Developer’s Preview - Remove Metro UI

 

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/window-on-windows/tweak-windows-8-to-remove-the-metro-interface/5077?tag=nl.e064

“…First, start regedit. In Windows 8, if you are in the Metro Interface, you can just type r e g e d i t and that application will appear in the search, like you see in Figure A.

Figure A
Just start typing in Windows 8 and the OS will assume you want to search for an application

Inside the registry editor, navigate to this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer


Double-click the key labeled: RPEnabled as shown in Figure B.



Figure B




Double-click RPEnabled


When the Edit DWORD comes up (Figure C), change the Value data from 1 to zero and click OK.



Figure C




Change the Value data from 1 to zero


That’s it. Now, when you click the Start Menu on the Windows 8 Desktop you will get the old Start Menu you know rather than the tiled screen Microsoft is hoping you will want to know..”

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