Modify the registry to adjust Win8 start screen tile display line number

When we enter the Windows 8 system, the first thing that comes into view is the start screen filled with color tiles. Careful friends may find that the number of lines of the tile on the Win8 start screen on different devices is different. Is there a way to adjust the number of tiles displayed on the Win8 start screen?
In fact, under the default settings, the Win8 system will specify the default number of tiles on the start screen according to the resolution of the different display screens. The default, maximum and minimum Win8 tile rows displayed in different resolution screens are given in the table to the right below. For example, 1024× 768-pixel screen, the default tile is displayed as four lines.

illustration: different resolution display screen Win8 magnetic stickers displayed rows
if we want to start their own adjustments Win8 screen displays the number of rows of tiles, can be achieved by way of editing the registry.
Press “Win+R” key combination to open the running window, enter “regedit” (excluding the bank) to open the Win8 registry editor, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionImmersiveShellGrid

icon: Run the panel from Win8 Enter Registry Editor
Whether it is 64-bit or 32-bit Win8 system, select ” New & mdash; DWORD (32-bit) value from the right-click menu, rename it to Layout_Maximumrowcount.




New Layout_Maximumrowcount key
Right click on the newly created Layout_Maximumrowcount, edit its key value, and enter the new number of tiles in the “Value data” box. Note: Different screen resolutions have their maximum and minimum values ​​for the corresponding tile. The number of rows must be within this range.

Illustration: Manually set Win8 tile display line number
Click “Confirm”Save the modified Win8 registry, return to the Win8 start screen, click the user icon in the upper right corner, select “ Log out & rdquo; and log in again to the system or restart the computer, then you can see that the modified Win8 start screen tile line number setting has taken effect.

Graphic: Win8 start screen tile is set to three lines
Generally speaking, we all hope to make full use of the screen area, the number of magnetic lines is as natural as possible, if the display resolution show more support for the number of tile rows, it might by setting up display Win8 magnetic paste it

left:! Win8 start screen tiles left four lines: Win8 start screen six lines of magnetic stickers