Skip Metro Suite
Saturday 2012 December 29 - 20:32:30
We have completely redesigned it. Now it is just one portable *.exe file! See full change log below
P.S. Please unisntall all previous versions of Skip Metro Suite before you will start to use version 3.0
Attention to all Windows 8.1 users.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO USE THIS APP! You should look to the following apps and articles:
- ' rel='nofollow' target='_blank' >How to skip the Start screen and boot directly to Desktop in Windows 8.1
- Winaero Charms Bar Killer
- The native way to disable Charms Bar completely in Windows 8.1
Maybe you already known what Windows 8 won't allow you to boot directly to Classic Desktop. Instead of that you have to click on "Desktop" tile every time you logged in. This is very annoying behavior for all of us who prefer to work with Class Desktop instead of Metro Start Screen. So I decide to fix it.
Skip Metro Suite for Windows 8 allows you to boot directly to Classic Desktop in Windows 8 RTM and Release Preview. Also it allows you completely disable all edge panels, not just hide them! All of them will be disabled, including square start button at bottom-left corner.
Also it features all tweaks from our latest article "How to disable the edge panels (Charms Bar and Switcher) in Windows 8".Since version 2.0 it uses own method to kill hot corners.Skip Metro Suite allows you to disable top-left hot corner (aka Switcher) and Charms Bar hint. So, you need no tweaks anymore to perform all of these tasks.
How to uninstall Skip Metro Suite
Skip Metro Suite features:
- Skip Start Screen feature.
- Switcher can be disabled.
- Charms Bar Hint can be disabled.
- Can completely REMOVE edge panels, including Charms Bar,Switcher and square start button at bottom-left edge of Desktop.
Skip Metro Suite change log
v3.0 - the new era of Skip Metro Suite
- Installer and Windows service are removed. Now Skip Metro Suite is portable application and does not require to be installed!
- Skip metro engine is rewritten. This must solve all previous issues.
- Settings are rewritten. This resolves all issues with corrupted/non-working settings.
- New checkbox added which will allow to disable Skip Metro Suite. This equals and means "uninstall".
v2.1.1
- Attempt to fix multimonitor configuration issue.
- Attempt to fix autologon issue.
- Fixed drag-to-close issue.
v2.1
Now you are able to disable the individual edge ui corners.
v2.0
- Fixed broken Windows 8 x86 support
- Fixed annoying bug: application starts twice when you have many active users at one PC.
- Apllications was rewritten for better code and optimized for performance
v1.2.1.1
Fixed critical bug which prevented application from start on some PCs.
v1.2.1
Fixed "lock workstation" issue. It minimizes Metro twice after log on.
v1.2.0.1
Fixed settings file access issue.
v1.2
- Edge UI panels disappear much more faster (startup folder is not used anymore).
- You will able to close Metro apps with mouse drag - this part of Edge UI now will be kept.
- Multi-user environment improvements.
- Better installer behavior for "update" mode.
v1.1.1
- Fixed double switching from Metro to Desktop.
- Switching speed is improved.
- Installer makes updates properly
v1.1.0
Version 1.1 allows you to kill all EdgeUI panels like Switcher and Charms Bar, not just hide them.
v1.0.1
.NET Framework 3.5 is not required anymore. NSIS based installer instead of MSI bloatware.
v1.0
Initial release.
It includes updated code base what switches to classic Desktop even more faster. Also some minor bugs was fixed.
Skip Metro Suite in action
Currently Skip Metro Suite requires .NET Framework 3.5 to be installed. I will release .NET 4.5 version as soon as I will reinstall my Windows 8 and Visual Studio 2012. Stay tuned.
Latest version of Skip Metro Suite does not require the .NET framework 3.5
Skip Metro Suite is portable application and does not require to be installed! It is available for bot Windows 8 x86 and Windows 8 x64 .
Many thanks to my friend Gaurav Kale for his useful suggestions and testing!
Download: Skip Metro Suite
Sergey Tkachenko
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Comments
So for example ...
... if one want to open the charms on the right side of the screen he could perform a right-click, holds and then a short swipe to the right and release the mouse button
... if one would like to open the start menu he performs a right-click, holds and performs a short swipe to the bottom
and so on.
It could be so simple, but sadly it isn't.
Do you can change on the command line switch?
It is not clean for me.
Thank you for the reply.
I want to set the disable or enable in the batch file command.
For example,
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Skip Metro Suite\ToggleDesktop.exe" +metro
is enable
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Skip Metro Suite\ToggleDesktop.exe" -metro
is disable
Best regards
Can you share your source code with us?
I would not like to open sources because my code style is bad and I am non-professional programmer (like Ivo with Classic Shell and so on).
I have no plans to open sources because i will feel shame.
I add this option on next week, stay tuned.
Sure it possible. I will release an update soon.
juanky
I don't know exactly what is happened in your case, but it it works for me in all Windows 8 installations. I will look closely at sources.
thanks for the app
I was just thinking: Windows Server 2012 boots to desktop until the user install "Desktop Experience", then it boots to Metro. So maybe there is the registry setting for this, which could be revealed by comparing two registry snapshots (before and after "Desktop Experience" installation)? If so, same setting will probably work with Win8...
THis must help to resolve the issue
1. If "Skip Start Screen" has been deactivated, and if the removal of all hot corners has been activated, you can still grab the top of the desktop. When you log out, and log back in, all hot corners are active again.
2. If your Windows account has no password set (*), and if "Skip Start Screen" has been deactivated, and if the removal of all hot corners has been activated, all hot corners are still active.
(*) you can do this via Computer management -> Local users and groups -> Users -> (click on your user name), More actions -> Set password..., and enter no password.
I tried to fix it. The top of desktop now removing properly.
Also i tried to fix this:
Mirco
try please with multimointor configuration, it also must works now.
This is the registry setting to switching booting to desktop and Metro in W2012Server (when "Desktop Experience" is enabled):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Server
ClientExperienceEnabled=0
Permissions editation is needed to change the value to 0.
Maybe it will work in W8, when imported to the registry...
Could your tool display the info, if the service it uses, is running (because changing the reg value will not require the service)?
Thanks.
So, what you tried to show us?
"Skip Metro Suite" working properly for a while but after a few reboots Windows start again with the "Metro" interface and all corners enabled.
If I try to reopen the software it is set up correctly, but I have to tap again on the "Save settings" button to make sure that everything returns to work correctly, but only for a while.
Sorry for my english.
sometime cannot Skip Metro
It stores its settings in C:\programdata
I have no idea why they can be corrupted.
I will think.
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Skip Metro Suite\Skip Metro Suite Settings.lnk
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Skip Metro Suite\Uninstall.lnk
SET Skip Metro --- C:\ProgramData NO SMS_**.txt
SET Donot Skip Metro --- C:\ProgramData\SMS_853C6192.txt
I will try more
thankyou
I have not uninstall the older one
my english no good
sorry
Only thing that stands out is the metro ui that opens when you press the "network" icon on the right of the taskbar.
Would it be possible to bypass this and use the Windows 7 style? If so, I will donate!
whc, you are welcome
Thanks
Now I have to go find registry fixes to clean after your program?
clean your pc from other stuff and tweaks before attacking me
Maybe there is a problem with Windows 8, when you log into your account sometimes Skip Metro Suite does not load at all and I have to log off and then starts correctly.
A Windows 8 bug?
BTW, can you share your antivirus's warning message screen shot?
I'm wondering about this - here you say "completely disable" - on the page you link to with the registry tweaks, you say: "This does not mean that Switcher and Charms Bar will be completely disabled. You will still be able to show them using keyboard shortcuts." I like the idea of them still being callable via keyboard.
[1] Do the regristry tweak and this app work differently?
[2] does the one on this page work by changing the registry, or does it start with windows and disable on each startup?
Thanks again!
Yes they are
[2] does the one on this page work by changing the registry, or does it start with windows and disable on each startup?
It start with windows and disable on each startup/log in