Metro Killer

Metro Killer is a lightweight software application that helps you disable the Windows 8 Metro UI, namely the Start Screen, Charms Bar, and Hot Corners.

It comes in handy for all users who didn’t get used to working with the Metro tiled-menu, and want to bypass the entire operation.

Since this is a portable program, it is important to mention that it doesn’t leave any traces in the Windows Registry.

You can copy it on any USB flash drive or other devices, and take it with you whenever you need to disable the Windows 8 Metro UI on the breeze, without having to go through installation steps.

Metro Killer sports a simplistic layout that offers some useful information about the changes applied to your system.

Basically, it proves to be extremely easy to work with this tool, as you only need to press a single button, and the application automatically removes the Metro UI.

It is important to mention that data is not lost during the disabling process. In order to revert the changes and go back to the Metro UI, you are required to restart your computer.

Since it doesn’t require much computer knowledge to work with this application, even less experienced users can master the utility with minimum effort.

During our testing we have noticed that Metro Killer carries out a task quickly, and no errors showed up throughout the entire process. It is quite friendly with system resources, so the overall performance of the computer is not hampered.

To sum things up, Metro Killer makes the entire process seem nothing but a piece of cake.