metro

Hi! I know where to find all Win32 settings and corresponding registry entries. Since Windows 8 I found some problems with modern UI (or Metro) applications with their path and even have no idea how and where are settings stored. So, where are located Windows 10 Applications settings - I want...

Hey guys, As many are aware, we can install Android apps not only from the default store, but also from the internet, simply by downloading their ".apk" files, and installing them. It means that Android applications are installed from .apk files, implying the store simply installs it on your...

Ok, idk what in the world is going on but suddenly yesterday or day before the entire metro thing looks weird.. it's like there is a gray skin cast over the area.. It started about the same time as the faulty nvidia driver update. the tiles got stuck flashing and then I restarted and that...

I tried to pin a desktop shortcut of msconfig system app as tile to the start metro screen but refuses to pin. It doesn't even exists 'Pin to Start screen' selection when i right click the shortcut. What should i do? I even copied the shortcut to the 'All Apps' folder and appeared on the left to...

I have been hesitant to upgrade my wife's laptop from 8.1 to 10 because she exclusively uses the start screen (Aero, Metro, whatever its called). I did an upgrade for her a few months ago, but it wiped out all of the tiles that she had saved, so I had to revert back to 8.1. Is there a way to...

Hi I have Windows 8 restored to my new SSD. Seems to be working except for one strange problem. Anything that should open on the desktop opens in the taskbar and I can't expand it. For example if I click the IE icon on the taskbar it opens on the taskbar, but I can't make it any bigger...

Today I realized that I couldn't open Settings/Change PC Settings (in Charm Bar). I also couldn't open the Store from the Start Menu app. Finally, when I tried to open an app on the Metro Start, it just went to my desktop. After much googling, I worked through the steps at this link...

I really hope Windows 10 does not get rid of the standard control panel that I and other Windows system admins are used to, in favor of the Metro one, nor the seamless, and highly accurate Device Stage feature, in favor of the generic icons in the Metro 'Settings' panel. I hope if anything...

I haven't been updating my windows for a while so decided to do it today. However when I finished the latest one, I was met by this: Link Removed Is it meant to do this? What can I do to get rid of this? Thanks, Oliver Sorry for being unclear or posting in the wrong area.

Hi I normally use the snipping tool but that doesn't work with open menus or Metro. I'm pretty sure that it's doing it, I see a brief burst of hard drive activity when I hit the Print Screen button. But I can't figure out where they go, since I don't know what they are called I can't search...

My previous machines where XP and Win7. Win 8 was forced upon me buying my current Rig. It's Metro Interfacelooks like a Giant Mobile Phone! I installed Classic Start Menu. It however gets flooded over by a giant Metro Screen, (when it decides It needs something), and there is no official way...

Windows 8.1 Hi, I had an issue with the general user folder name, which was shown as "Alex_000". Although this was a cosmetic issue only, I wanted to change this to "Alex". I successfully managed this by changing about 50 entries in the registry (via regedit). So fine so good. Now I found...

I have been using an app/program (Rhapsody) that started crashing every time I started it. I decided to uninstall it and then reinstall it. I opened the control panel list of programs, clicked on Rhapsody, and chose "uninstall." Nothing seemed to happen but now Rhapsody is gone from that...

Hello, I have such trouble : I have win 8.1 installed on my notebook. Before when i were turning on start up was metro where from i were choosing a desktop now after login desktop appears. what happended? why it changed? Thanks in advanced.

I get really frustrated w/ people saying or thinking there is nothing in Windows 8.1, from Microsoft, telling them, educating them or guiding them w/ enlightenment or instructions on How To use the OS. There is!! Yes, there is! There problem isn't that it doesn't exist but, rather that people...

Tired of not being able to get into safe mode easily with Win 8, want to get rid of the Metro boot loader? Start an elevated command prompt and issue the following command: bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy If you want to go back to the old boot menu simply revert using: bcdedit...

Okay so as an outsider to windows it seems that Microsofts move to come out with a new version of windows is both a laugh riot and a sad sight. I think Microsoft done goofed once more and maybe its time to see how it can undo its mistake. The key to the failure is Microsofts need to do a mobile...

Paul Thurrott blogs about the future for Windows and what's likely to happen in the coming months: Reference: http://winsupersite.com/windows-8/threshold-be-called-windows-9-ship-april-2015

Hi Because I have a lot of stuff it's kind of a pain that Windows 8 start screen adds 2 new columns when I add 2 items to a block of programs. I end up with all these categories that have 2 or 3 icons off to the side when one new column would do it in a much more compact format. Some...

Hi I just got finished setting up a new laptop for the mother of a friend of ours. She is 88, years old and hasn't used a computer since some time in the 90s. Naturally it has Windows 8 on it. I tried to look at it as if I was 88 years old and didn't' know anything about modern computers. I...