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
    2015-05-30T11:38:38+00:00

    When are you going to quit fighting us on this issue and escalate this issue to the UX team as you promised. We all have given you multiple applications in which the title bar is annoying and actually inhibits work. In every case you say- use the desktop variant. We keep coming back with we don't want to and you ignore that.

    I don't want to use the desktop RDP, but want and like the Metro UI version- for various reasons- one being- I am using it on my Surface tablet!!! The auto-hide title bar is really annoying too by the way- sometimes it is hard to get it to show back up if you are not full screen- that obviously wasn't very mouse friendly.

    Please quit fighting us on this, telling us to give up on Metro- obviously you don't like it, but that doesn't mean you have to tell people to hate it too. Send our examples on where it doesn't work out- real productivity apps like TeamViewer, Remote Desktop and I'll throw Chrome in the mix too. We gave you examples now do what you said and quit fighting us on this and send it to the UX team. We want our apps back!!

    Install the Windows 8.1 RTM version and disable Windows Update.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-10-26T10:13:44+00:00

    That's why i use the remote desktop app chrome offers,plus i have more file options.

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