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Monday, September 26, 2011

How to Add "Disable/Enable Metro" to Context Menu in Windows 8









OPTION ONE
To Add "Disable/Enable Metro" to Context Menu

1.
 To Toggle Windows 8 "Metro" to be Enabled or Disabled with Sound


A) Click on the Download button below to download the file below, and save it to your desktop.
NOTE: When you click on the Disable/Enable Metrocontext menu item using this option, you will hear the notify.wav sound file play only if Window Media Player is set as the default program for .wav files. If you do not have Window Media Player turned on in Windows Features, then you will get a error instead of the sound playing.
B) Go to step 3.

2.
 To Toggle Windows 8 "Metro" to be Enabled or Disabled without Sound


A) Click on the Download button below to download the file below, and save it to your desktop.
NOTE: This option is if you do not want to have the Notify.wav sound play when you use theDisable/Enable Metro context menu item, or if you get an error from using step 1 since you have Windows Media Player turned off in Windows Features.


3.
 Double click on the downloaded ZIP file, and extract (drag and drop) both the .reg and .vbs files to your desktop.

4. Right click on the extracted .vbs file, click on Properties, click on the General tab, and unblockit.
NOTE: If you do not see a Unblock button, then the file is already unblocked.

5. Right click on the extracted and unblocked vbs, and click on Copy.

6. In Windows Explorer, navigate to and open the C:\Windows folder. Right click on a empty area in the C:\Window folder, click on Paste, then cick on Continue and Yes (UAC) if prompted. Close the Windows Explorer window.

7. Right click on the extracted reg file and click on Merge.

8. When prompted, click on RunYesYes, and OK.

9. Disable/Enable Metro has now been added to the context menu.

10. You can delete the download files left on your desktop now if you would like to.







OPTION TWO
To Remove "Disable/Enable Metro" from Context Menu


1.
 Click on the Download button below to download the file below, and save it to your desktop.

2.
 Right click on the downloaded .reg file and click on Merge.

3. Click on RunYesYes, and OK when prompted.

4. Disable/Enable Metro has now been removed from the context menu.

5. In Windows Explorer, navigate to and open the C:\Windows folder, right click on the file below, click on Delete, and Yes (if prompted).

Toggle_Disable_Enable_Metro.vbs 


OR

Toggle_Disable_Enable_Metro_with_SOUND.vbs 

6.
 You can now delete the download reg file if you would like to.

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