Windows 8: How to bring back the classic Start menu [Trick]

By now many users have downloaded and tested Windows 8 Developer Preview and we all are getting used to the new graphical users interface (GUI) — Metro style.

What a lot of users are now wondering is: How do I bring back the classic Start menu? Where is it? -Well, apparently the classic Start menu in the developer preview didn’t go away, it is still there. In the case that you want to test the Windows 8 Developer Preview without the new Start screen, follow the steps below to bring back the good old Start menu:

The process

1  In the new Windows 8 Start screen bring typing regedit and click on it to open.

2  Now in the regedit navigate: 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

Look for RPEnabled, double-click it and change the value from 1 to 0

Close regedit and without restarting you can click the Start button and the classic Start menu will be display. The problem is that by doing this the new Metro UI will be disabled — in the test I was able to click the Windows key in keyboard and see the new Start screen but none of the tiles worked –. To enable once again the Metro UI, just revert the process by changing the value back to 1.

So far what we know is that Microsoft didn’t get rid off the classic Start menu completely, which can make us speculate that the software maker might bring it back in later releases. What do you think? Let us know in the comments below.