How to Restore the Start Menu to Classic Mode in Win8

1, press Win + R to open the Run window, type gpedit.msc Enter to open the Group Policy Editor.

2, in the Group Policy Editor, open the user configuration? Manage Templates? Start? Menu taskbar, and then on the right to find the ? Force Classic Start Menu? and double-click to open its properties.

3. In the Properties window, check the box ? Enabled? and click OK to exit.

Once the settings are complete, the Win8 Start menu reverts to the classic list mode instead of the tile interface.

Supplement: Win8 Tips and Tricks

Start menu:

I'm afraid that this is the most uncomfortable problem for new users, the start menu is replaced by the new start screen, which is one of the biggest changes Microsoft has made, when the mouse crosses the start button in the lower left corner, you will see the start menu thumbnail pop-up, click on it. You can enter the Win8 start screen, click on the start screen? Desktop? icon to open the desktop, in addition to the default after the boot is to enter the start screen is not the desktop, you can change through the settings.

Microsoft account how to log in:

win8 Microsoft account is very important to go to the app store need this account, we can register a, previously had an MSN account or other ways to register a Microsoft account general, if you do not want to log in this account, use the ordinary account can also.

Control Panel how to open:

Move the mouse to ? Start? button, right-click will pop up a menu, from which you can open the Control Panel, Task Manager, Run and other common settings, very convenient, we can also use the ?Win + X? shortcut to open this menu.

Explorer:

Open the file manager with the taskbar after the installation to enter, open the file manager in the taskbar can be, the previous Windows in the form of folders to open the file can be accessed from this.

Where is the computer:

1. Open the system file manager (Explorer) on the taskbar, you can see on the left side of the ? Computer? option, right-click Computer to open the menu, select ? Fixed to the start screen? You can display it inside Win8's desktop list;

Desktop shutdown:

This is a more important one, Win8 shutdown and the previous is not the same, the mouse will be placed in the lower-right corner of the position does not move, after which the side menu will pop up, click on the ? Settings? The first thing you need to do is click on the "Settings" button and then click on "Power - Shutdown". Power - Shutdown? can be.

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