How to prevent Windows 8.1's desktop taskbar from showing in Metro apps

April 18, 2014

The tiny tweaks in the update pushed to Windows 8.1 users last week transformed Microsoft’s Modern UI-tinged future into a truly PC-friendly operating system for the very first time, but as welcome as the changes were, they didn’t sit well with everyone. While the update makes Windows 8.1 much more usable with a mouse, it also broke down the wall separating the desktop and the interface-formerly-known-as-Metro. That’s best symbolized by Windows 8.1’s anywhere, everywhere desktop taskbar, which—in addition to now supporting the pinning and minimizing of Modern apps—now appears across the OS, including the Live Tile’d Start screen and Modern-style apps.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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