Recently we posted a tutorial containing 2 methods to enable old Windows Vista and 7 style Start Menu in Windows 8:
How to Enable Good Old Windows Vista and 7 Style Start Menu and Disable Metro UI in Windows 8?
The above tutorial also helps in disabling new Metro UI, Start Screen and Ribbon UI in Windows Explorer.
With the help of 1st method mentioned in the above tutorial, our friend "Solo-Dev" created a free utility which does the job automatically and you don't need to modify Windows Registry:
Windows 8 Start Menu Toggle: Free Utility to Toggle Between New Start Screen and Old Start Menu
Now we are going to share another freeware which utilizes both methods mentioned in the above tutorial.
"MetroController" is a free utility created by our friend "hb860" for Windows 8 which allows you to:
- Disable Metro UI, Start Screen, Explorer Ribbon UI and Enable Old Start Menu
- Only Disable Metro UI, Start Screen and Enable Old Start Menu and Keep Explorer Ribbon UI
When you launch this tool, you just need to click on the desired button and it'll automatically enable/disable the mentioned features in Windows 8.
You can download it using following link:
Download Link (No longer works in Windows 8...)
You can check out following tutorials to enable Start Menu and disable ribbon UI in Windows 8 Explorer:
- Remove Ribbon UI from Windows 8 Explorer without Breaking Paint and WordPad Apps
- Get Start Button (ORB) and Classic Start Menu Back in Windows 8 Using Classic Shell
- How to Log Off, Restart and Shut Down Windows 8 PC?
Posted by: Vishal Gupta | Categories: Software, Windows 8
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my computer is HP 431, 2 Gen; i 5 / AMD Radeon HD 6470 M/
i using windows 8...
I installed windows 7 Graphic Driver but windows 8 is not open. Later i install windows again.
Problem is Intel / AMD graphic driver installed windows 8 is not running.
please help me.....
How to search Graphic driver and how to install.............
Thanks......