How do I disable the new titlebar in Modern Apps?

Anonymous
2014-04-08T18:42:38+00:00

I installed the new W8.1 update 1 today.  I find the new Metro App titlebar totally stupid, useless, and very annoying.  It apparently only shows on computers with a mouse attached.

Is there a way to disable this titlebar?  I hear it may officially be called a "window menu".

I have been using Stardock's ModernMix to make Modern/Metro useful.  ModernMix is what the new update should have been.  Having this new titlebar popping up across the top of my screen when using windowed modern apps is really annoying!

BTW, what is it nowadays, Modern, Metro, or Retro?  lol

Edit 04-10-2014:  Stardock got this solved real slick with their new ModernMix 1.14 beta.  They even managed to add a window option to the titlebar, which still shows in full screen mode.  Nice!  When you reduce a modern app down to a window, the title bar is disabled.

Pretty slick!  I can't understand why Stardock is so good at this stuff but it takes Microsoft multiple versions over multiple years to get to the same place, maybe!

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-04-18T19:05:57+00:00

    Mark me down as someone that wants this titlebar gone. I don't get why its even there.

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  2. @CmdrKeene 90,631 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2014-04-13T15:19:11+00:00

    So I go up to the upper left corner to see my most recent apps so that I can close it, And all I can get now is the title bar. It will not give me the pop out thumbnails of recent apps any longer because there is this ridiculous and completely unnecessary title bar in the way.

    Actually you can still use the top-left corner previews even when the title bar is there.  Just slam your mouse pointer into the top corner.  Nothing has changed in this regard.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-04-12T13:51:27+00:00

    I have an example.

    I am using windows on a traditional non touch computer. I just received the update this morning, and accidentally opened an app that I did not intend to. So I go up to the upper left corner to see my most recent apps so that I can close it, And all I can get now is the title bar. It will not give me the pop out thumbnails of recent apps any longer because there is this ridiculous and completely unnecessary title bar in the way.

    I don't like apps running in the background, as I do a lot of memory and processor intensive 3D rendering, and every bit of free hardware helps. I did notice that running apps are on the desktop taskbar, but Windows has spent the last year training me to close apps one way, and now I can't do it that way. Not because the original way was removed, but because this new "Feature" unintentionally makes it impossible.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-04-11T14:21:18+00:00

    I am well aware of the existence of the desktop form of remote desktop- there are reasons I choose to use modern version. By the way- I am using the modern version on my Surface Pro- so I have touch and yet I still need a mouse to navigate the Windows 7 computers I am remoting into.

    I am giving it as an example of how the titlebar can be very annoying- One of the reasons I like the modern version better is the caption of what computer you are connected to is much, much smaller than in the desktop version.

    I would much prefer to use the modern version of this app- especially on my Surface- telling me to use another program does not really help solve the issue of this thread. I could use a different OS too- that would solve the problem too- that isn't the point.

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  5. @CmdrKeene 90,631 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2014-04-11T14:00:22+00:00

    If you're using a mouse and keyboard, you might try using the desktop-based Remote Desktop app (the one you might be familiar with from Windows XP/Vista/7).

    Right-click Start/Run and run the command MSTSC to use the standard utility. (stands for Microsoft Terminal Server Client, the original name for remote desktop back in Windows 2000).

    This one was designed for the desktop, on the desktop, by people using the desktop. So of course it works better for a mouse/keyboard user than something built for fingers.

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