For those who've tried the windows 8 developer preview, probably already
know that Microsoft has abandoned the old model of the start menu and
replaced with new models start screen. there is no option to bring back
the old models like the start menu in windows 7 and vista.
Well in this article we will share beriku tips on how to bring back the
old models like the start menu in windows 7 and vista. here will be
shown 3 ways:
- Using Registry Hack.
- By changing the name of the file system.
First Method: Using a Registry Hack
This method involves slightly modifying the registry windows 8 start
menu and can restore the old model in Windows 8, keep in mind this
method will also disable the ribbon user interface (UI Ribbon) and
ribbon in windows explorer.
- Press the keyboard "WIN + R" (the button with the windows logo and
the letters R) to run the RUN dialog box, type regedit and press Enter,
it will run the Windows Registry Editor, and navigate to the following
sequence:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
- In the right pane change the value of RPEnabled to 0.
3. Completed, the steps above will display old-fashioned start menu in Windows 8.
Information. If you want to restore to the original setting, just change the value to 1 again.
Method Two: By changing the name of the file system.
This involves the replacement of the following file name system
"shsxs.dll". This method will enable the start menu in Windows 8 older
model, and disable the start screen new model. do not like the way the
first one, the user interface will not participate in the ribbon off in
windows explorer.
- Press the keyboard "WIN + R" (the button with the windows logo and the letters R) to run the RUN dialog box, type% windir% and press Enter, then will open the Windows folder window.
- Find the file named shsxs.dll, then rename it to another name, for example: shsxs.dll.bak. If there is an error appeared in the process of replacing the file name, try the "take ownership" before the file.
Completed, please restart your windows 8, then you will see an old-fashioned-style start menu in Windows 8 Windows 7/Vista.
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