NOTE: If you are using Windows 8 Consumer Preview and the utility mentioned in this article doesn't work for you, check out following tutorial: How to Enable Start Button and Start Menu in Windows 8?
Recently we shared 2 freeware for Windows 8 Developer Preview:
- MetroController: Free Utility to Disable Metro UI, Start Screen and Windows Explorer Ribbon UI in Windows 8
- Windows 8 Start Menu Toggle: Free Utility to Toggle Between New Start Screen and Old Start Menu
Both the free software allow you to disable new Start Screen and Explorer Ribbon in Windows 8 and also allow you to enable missing old Start menu in Windows 8.
Today we are going to share another free portable utility for Windows 8 called "Metro UI Tweaker". This new tool allows you to:
- Disable new Start Screen in Windows 8
- Disable Explorer Ribbon
- Disable both Start Screen and Explorer Ribbon
- Add power buttons like log off, restart, shut down, etc to Start Screen
- Add new files and programs to Start Screen
Its very simple to use tool and doesn't need to install. Simply extract the downloaded ZIP file and run the EXE file.
We advise you to create a system restore point before using this tool as it modifies system files.
This tool works in both 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows 8.
It seems the tool no longer works in new Windows 8 Consumer Preview build. You can visit following tutorials to enable Start Menu, 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?
This article was posted by VG in following section: Software, Windows 8.
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James
Metro UI Tweaker for Windows 8; Nice little application. Needs Net Framework 3.5.1 to be installed before using.
betaluva
cool app! thanks for posting about this : )
leomate
Hi VG, can you share trick how to install .NET framework 3.5 using offline installer. Because i have slow internet connections :(
Kamal Nasser
The metro internet explorer tile is gone (I didn't use any program such as this one), do you know how to get it back? Thanks =]
seahorsepip
finaly a way to disable the ribbons only and keep the metro :D
VG
@leomate
You can install it using Programs and Features -> Turn Windows features on or off.
@Kamal Nasser
Did you install any other web browser?
Kamal Nasser
@VG: Yes, I installed Chrome, but that shouldn't delete the internet explorer tile, or was that the reason?
VG
^^ Set IE as default web browser and the tile should return.
leomate
@VG But ti still need connect to windows update. Now i had unstable connections
@kamal : try to open search apps and type internet explorer
leomate
BTW, can you extract background from start screen [green color]