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!

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Accessibility

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments No comments

92 answers

Sort by: Oldest
  1. Anonymous
    2014-06-15T07:11:00+00:00

    I Hate this DAMN pull down bar as much as the next it is very frusterating...

    Until they fix it you might just consider this.... Pretty obvious.

    Sorry , first post here and I dont know how to put pics up clearly.... But if u zoom in u will see that all I did was hit the Square on chrome browser so that I can move it down just enough and away from that damn BAR OF ANNOYANCE

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments No comments
  2. Anonymous
    2014-06-16T12:52:55+00:00

    Cool. That's a good workaround.

    I find the titlebar most annoying in remote desktop programs - RDP, Teamviewer, Splashtop. I have closed the session when I simply meant to close a program on the host. I can reconnect, but it's annoying.

    And while the desktop version of Remote Desktop is available on the Surface RT, I can only use the Modern versions of Teamviewer and Splashtop. That means I have no choice but to put up with the interceptor bar.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments No comments
  3. Anonymous
    2014-07-04T00:00:00+00:00

    I agree. When you try to please everyone, we all lose.  But I see it the other way around too. We already have a perfect environment for mouse users, a special place that has been built and carefully refined over decades. We call that the desktop. So mouse users should use it.

    What about mouse AND keyboard users, people coming from other operating systems/desktop environments, or people who simply don't mind learning a better way of doing things? Speaking as someone who is used to working in keyboard driven tiling window managers, Windows 8's Modern/Metro UI is a much better experience. I can just type the name of the app/document/whatever I want straight from the start screen, and I can even several apps across the screen with a few keystrokes. Admittedly, Windows 8 doesn't do this as well as, say, Ratpoison or DWM, but at least it's something! These "mouse users" you're speaking of are attached to a very inefficient, clunky way of doing things, and it's a shame that Microsoft felt the need to appease them with such a token---because it provides no real additional functionality---and regressive gesture. You say that you "can't please everyone" and to an extent that's true, but to at least allow users the choice to enable or disable this pseudo-feature would have gone a long way.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments No comments
  4. Deleted

    This answer has been deleted due to a violation of our Code of Conduct. The answer was manually reported or identified through automated detection before action was taken. Please refer to our Code of Conduct for more information.


    Comments have been turned off. Learn more

  5. Anonymous
    2014-07-15T16:15:43+00:00

    Until Someone comes up with a fix for this problem, I Usually right click the title bar to make it disappear again, without waiting, just something to mitigate the stress until the problem is fixed =)

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments No comments