Why Can't Exit Metro / Tattoo With Just Win Key
Sep 8, 2013
I'm fine starting up in the Metro View. Panels and purple are friggin' great. Oh yeah. I love Windows 8.
But what is disproportionately annoying is that you HAVE to click on the [Desktop] panel with your mouse to get to the Desktop view that first time after a bootup. ???
Once you've done that, just once, THEN the Win key will work seamlessly to toggle back and forth - which is of course exactly how it should be.
Is it some kind of security protocol? Maybe if you delete the [Desktop] panel entirely you don't have access to the desktop view, thus allowing for some kind of Admin configuration for limited use?
Why? Is there a workaround? Is this a 8.1 thing and if I'd just shut-up the pain will go away in a couple months?
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Sep 4, 2012
When I exit / close [any program / application] I am presented with the old Windows 7 Desktop. Old W7 Desktop is the default when I close a program -- even if I started the program from Metro UI. I wish to see the Metro UI when I close any application. I do not like the extra keyboard press of the Windows key. How can I change Windows 8 such that I default to the Metro UI when I exit [close] any application?
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Oct 26, 2013
When I open PC Settings to change something etc.. I do not see where I can exit it. If I scroll my cursor to the upper left side of the screen the desktop pic shows up so I can go back there, but now the PC Settings icon appears whenever my cursor is near the upper left of the screen and switches back to it. . Is there a way to completely exit out of PC Settings when you're finished?
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Mar 28, 2014
I've started to like the new operating system a lot, but one thing puzzles me. If I open up an adobe file, or use a media player, I'm left in a screen that seems to have no "X" or exit button in the upper right hand corner. If I search through the settings I can't see anything that would close the app. Does going back to the desktop or the metro screen automatically shut down the window and process for the particular app?
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Sep 15, 2014
I had to enter Windows 8 in safe mode with command prompt to do something. After I did that, I pressed alt+F4 to exit the command prompt, so now I have a complete black screen with a cursor that I can move. I want to exit the safe mode now, to reboot again in normal mode. However, there is nothing to click on, alt+F4 doesn't work, ctrl+alt+del doesn't work, etc. There are some things that do work (for example win+P to connect a second screen, but I don't need that...). When I press the power button, it just goes to sleep. So I just want to get out of this situation. How to bring up command prompt again or shut it down completely ...
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May 8, 2014
I am using FF29. Since installing this, everytime I exit, when I come back even if hours later, it says FF is already running, and I have to Task Manager kill it.
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Mar 29, 2014
I recently bought a Dell Inspiron with Windows 8.1. I loaded Paint shop Pro Photo X2 and the program runs fine. However if I exit the program I am unable to restart it. I changed the compatibilty setting to Windows XP service pk 3 and I was able to restart it. But the next day it won't restart. I have to turn off the computer and turn it back on to get the program running.
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Mar 25, 2013
On my Dell Latitude 10, when viewing HTML5 YouTube videos in full screen on IE10 in Modern mode, I can't bring up the playback or screen size controls. Tapping the screen shows the title of the video and the share and info icons, but nothing else. I can pinch to zoom the video, and can drag it around a little and see the actual page for the video underneath, but I haven't found a way to actually close full screen mode. When I switch to the Flash version of YouTube everything works as expected, i.e. tapping the screen brings up the controls at the bottom of the video.
A co-worker has a Surface Pro, but I haven't seen how YouTube behaves on that yet to see if it's a problem specific to the Latitude.
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Jan 18, 2014
After I updated to windows 8.1 two things happened:
1-The laptop can't exit sleep mode.....it either restarts or stops working (with the screen off and the power light on) every time I try to exit sleep mode. i haven't been able to solve this problem.
2- When the screen turn off after leaving the laptop idle for a while it won't turn on....this happened after I installed the latest AMD display driver from the AMD website......I managed to solve the problem by downgrading to the AMD driver version provided on the dell website.......sadly this driver causes lagging in games on the contrast of the version provided on the AMD website.
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Jun 25, 2014
Once I have entered into windows mode when using a Metro App, how do I exit Window mode and return to full screen and still be in the app?
Using Stardocks Modern Mix they have this ability, does Windows 8 not have this?
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Aug 30, 2013
IE Metro tile is missing from my metro start screen. It's not in the 'all apps' list either. when I go to program default, it is set as the default browser. I went through all the checks in the tutorial on here, but at best, I can only get the desktop IE tile to pin to start. I would rather have the metro version tile on my start.
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May 16, 2013
I want to have an URL directly on Metro START-screen, but I can't figure out how to do it.
I can make a shortcut on the desktop as an URL, but how to do the same on Metro?
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Dec 12, 2012
im trying to disable metro.in the register but there isn't RPenabled to disable it.
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Dec 30, 2012
I have many java programs that I use. I can make a shortcut to the desktop but is there a way I can copy these to the start menu (Metro). With programs it is easy - right click and it says pin to taskbar. With Java it seems not to be possible. There is no such option on the context menu.
I know you can not run Java in Metro but I'd like to invoke the JVM and my jar from the desktop - just like any other program. I've tried the jar and the shortcut but neither work.
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Jul 20, 2014
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 out, apart from closing down the Application via Task manager. Writing a program with no way out was in my days classed as anti social program behaviour. Why does MS elevate this to desired behaviour in Win8? I would like to see this crap interface purged from my machine. If that's not possible, I'll install Win7. What, after all, was wrong with the Interface that served us well from NT via Win95/98 via Win XP,Vista, tru Win7. Metro is frankly a Pile of rotten Horse Shit! It requires re-training of all staff who were previously accomplished for up to Win7.
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May 2, 2013
After using Windows 8 for months now, I still have trouble recognizing certain apps right away. The reason icons work so well is it takes advantage of our in-built ability to recognize patterns. One look at an icon and we subconsciously know what it's for.
But a bunch of squares and rectangles...
I pointed this out to some people when the MS released the beta of Windows 8. And I honestly thought I'd eventually get use to it. But months after, I still have to focus a little more just to know which tile to press for what.
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Sep 3, 2013
So i know windows 8 should have an icon that should replace the place that kind of like square bracket in this photo.
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Jul 10, 2013
I installed windows 8 and the tile animations are gone, so when i open a METRO app the tile just instantly enlarges and there is no animation i would like to know how to get it back i searched all over and the only things i can find are for the desktop mode and not the metro UI....
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Jun 11, 2014
Working on a computer and someone said there windows 8.1 metro screen has been disabled not sure if it's from the registry or a 3rd party tool,
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May 26, 2013
underlying all this metro stuff, is there still a stock/vanilla interface available somehow? when working on a desktop/laptop. take the bitlocker dialogues for example.
i mean, i guess one can deal with it (like a boss!), it is definitely no dealbreaker.
"old/clean" versus "metrofied"
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Feb 1, 2013
Metro app weather says it can't run if uac is off. Why Win 8 started giving that message, although I did have uac control off. Is there a fix other than having uac on.
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Dec 5, 2012
Is there a way to convert a Metro App, to its counterpart in a Desktop App?
For instance, I open the Metro version of Chrome or IE. I open a half dozen sites. Now I want to view them in a Window so I can drag/drop in to say Outlook for an email.
or...
I open Netflix in Metro, and want to make it a window so I can do some work while I watch.
Is there a method to convert between Metro and Desktop?
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Feb 18, 2013
I was messing around with the metro UI and was trying to organise it. Turns out i liked it the way it was when you first install windows 8. How do i get JUST the metro UI back to defult?
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Mar 1, 2014
I just did a system restore on my PC and when I came back all pre installed metro apps now have a little "x" on the corner of the screen? How to get rid of the "x"
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Oct 28, 2012
I have 3 monitors attached to the PC and I would like 2 of the to display metro and the 3 just for normal desktop, is this possible? Also, is is possible to make it so Metro doesn't hide when i interact with a desktop application?
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Apr 10, 2014
I love the new top bar, but it's become annoying after I've discovered Chrome in Windows 8 Mode. Is there any way to disable it?
GIF to explain what is happening:
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Nov 4, 2012
Is there a way to nest or embed Metro tiles so they act like folders? For example, Microsoft Office deposits at least eight tiles on my Start Screen. I rarely use any but Word and Excel, so I would like simply a generic "MS Office" tile that, when clicked, gives me all of the Office tiles.
I know I can make a folder from a bunch of shortcuts and then pin that folder to the Start Screen, but I'm looking for something that stays within the realm of Metro Tiles.
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Apr 25, 2013
I am using a browser that starts up automatically in Metro. When I want to get a copy of the screen I end up going back to the Metro screen to start up the snipping tool and it opens in the Desktop, but I need it in the Metro area to get a copy of my screen in the browser. I have had to resort to the old fashioned way of getting a print screen and pasting it into Paint then saving it...
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Sep 24, 2012
know of a hack or software to make sure that metro (start screen) always opens on my second monitor? This would make life with windows eight a whole lot easier.
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Mar 25, 2014
I use facebook metro app which works very well but there is a problem when i try to upload a photo the only location available for browsing and choosing files from is my documents. I face this problem with other metro apps like video player and VLC windows 8 version.
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Nov 7, 2012
For those people that are confused about running two apps at once in Metro.
Snap an app: Use two apps at the same time - Microsoft Windows
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