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Help in Windows 8 is missing the old Start menu, how can i activate it?


Only for Windows-8 Developer Preview not for Windows-8 Consumer Preview and other Win 8 or 8.1 versions!



For other Win-8: download Classic Shell (start button menu)

To activate the old Start menu in Windows-8 change the registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

And set the value RPEnabled from "1" to "0". (... see Image-2)


Or, please start the cmd.exe [Win-Logo]+[R] cmd.exe + [ENTER]
and type the following command:
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer" /v RPEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d "0"



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C:\Users\Nenad>reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer" /v RPEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d "0"
Value RPEnabled exists, overwrite(Yes/No)? yes
The operation completed successfully.

C:\Users\Nenad>







(Image-1) Activate the Start menu in Windows 8 Activate the Start menu in Windows 8


(Image-2) Activate at Windows-8 the Classic Start menu Activate at Windows-8 the Classic Start menu


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