Windows 8 is really a new operating system from Microsoft offering a new user interface named as Metro User Interface. This new Metro User Interface of Windows 8 provides lots of shortcuts by default to launch various software applications. This post provides information on how to move the shortcuts on Metro User interface of Windows 8 or even UnPin any application or even Uninstall an application created specifically for Windows 8 Metro User Interface. This post provides information on how to UnInstall a Metro User Interface Application or UnPin a Shortcut from Metro User Interface. Desktop Applications can be uninstalled from Windows 8 using the traditional method of navigating to Control Panel , finding the appropriate software from Add / Remove Programs feature of the Control Panel and then following the steps.
Watch a Video Tutorial about how to UnInstall a Metro Software from Windows 8 or read along. The video also displays how you can resize shortcuts on the Metro User Interface of Windows 8, UnInstall any application that is built for Metro Interface only and UnPin a Desktop Application Icon from the Metro User Interface. Apart from removing metro applications from a Windows 8 computer, the video tutorial also displays how you can rearrange the shortcuts on the new interface of Windows 8, there are options to set the size of button on the new user interface in Windows 8 as well, yes there is lots more in this small video tutorial which can be played in your own video player.
In order to remove or uninstall a Metro User Interface Application from a Windows 8 computer, all you need to do is right click on the appropriate shortcut and then options available for that particular button on the metro interface will appear at the bottom of the screen. These options will contain an option to uninstall the selected application, in case the software is programmed to be run only on the Metro User Interface. Normal or Traditional Shortcuts are also displayed in the Metro Interface of Windows 8. In case you right click on such a shortcut, you would have the option to unpin the shortcut from metro user interface, however in case you would like to uninstall a desktop based application with an icon in the Metro User interface, you would have to uninstall it from the Add/Remove Programs option of the Windows 8.
In order to rearrange the shortcuts on the Metro Interface, just select a shortcut and drag it to the new positions. All the other shortcuts on the Metro Interface will arrange themselves automatically. There are two sizes for shortcuts on the Metro Interface and you can switch between them (provided the application has been programmed to support small and big icon size of the particular application) using the right click mouse button on the selected shortcut on the Metro User Interface. Current version of Windows 8 is available for download from Microsoft website totally for free. Yes there will be another version of Windows 8 coming up and yes that new version of Windows 8 will be free to download and try out from Microsoft. The Full Version of Windows 8 will not be free and as yes you would be required to pay for it, however Microsoft will probably offer 90 day trial for that as well.