Windows 8 Developer Server – Preview: Switch to classic start menu
Posted by Mikael Nystrom on September 18, 2011
If you are testing Windows 8 Server just for the fun of it, you will soon realize that the new Metro-Style application interface does not really work great for server administration (right now), so the easy way is to turn it off.
Here is how to use REG.exe to see the setting and to modify it:
Check the setting:
- reg.exe query HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer /v RPEnabled
- 1 = Metro style
- 0 = Classic Desktop and start menu
Modify the setting:
- reg.exe add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer /v RPEnabled /d 0 /t REG_DWORD /f
Hopefully the new UI will work better for servers in the future.
/mike
Turn off the Metrostyle desktop in Windows 8 | The world of Marc O'Polo – Blog said
[...] Today I ran in to a Tweet with my solution of how to turn it off, see http://deploymentbunny.com/2011/09/18/windows-8-developer-server-preview-switch-to-classic-start-men… [...]
Windows 8 Server Installation Screen Caps « JDeployment said
[...] Style is also there in Windows 8 Server, but if you wish to turn it of here how to do it: http://deploymentbunny.com/2011/09/18/windows-8-developer-server-preview-switch-to-classic-start-men… LD_AddCustomAttr("AdOpt", "1"); LD_AddCustomAttr("Origin", "other"); [...]
Turn on and of the old menu in Windows 8 the PowerShell way | Dalle & DXter said
[...] My friend Mikael Nyström wrote how to do this with reg.exe for Windows 8 Serveron his blog. [...]
Dalle said
I have made a PowerShell script for this…
http://poweradmin.se/blog/2011/09/20/turn-on-and-of-the-old-menu-in-windows-8-the-powershell-way/
Aaron Bertrand : Installing Windows Server 8 & SQL Server 2012 said
[...] "Screen Resolution"), I wanted my Start Menu back. So I ran the following command provided in Mikael Nystrom's blog post (there is also a PowerShell [...]
Mikael Nystrom said
Yep, this does not work with the BETA version