Modify registry adjustment Win8 Start Screen tile display line number

When we enter the Windows 8 system, the first impression is covered with color magnetic stickers start screen, attentive friends may find that the different devices on the Win8 start screen of the number of lines displayed is different. Do we have a way to adjust the number of tiles on the Win8 start screen?

In fact, under the default settings, the WIN8 system specifies the number of default tiles on the Start screen based on the resolution of the different display screens. The default, maximum, and minimum number of Win8 tiles displayed in the different resolution screens are given in the right table below. For example, a 1024x768 pixel screen, the default tile is displayed as four lines.

Diagram: Win8 tiles showing the number of lines in different resolution display screens

If we want to adjust the number of lines on the Win8 start screen, you can do this by editing the registry.

Press the "Win+r" key combination to open the Run window, enter "regedit" (excluding the bank), open Win8 Registry Editor, and navigate to Hkey_current_ Usersoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentversionimmersiveshellgrid

Diagram: Enter Registry Editor from the Win8 run panel

For a 64-bit or 32-bit WIN8 system, select New-dword (32-bit) value from the right-click menu to rename to Layout_maximumrowcount.

Diagram: New Layout_maximumrowcount key

Right-click the new Layout_maximumrowcount, edit its key value, and enter the new number of tile lines in the Value data box. Note: Different screen resolutions have the maximum and minimum value of their corresponding tiles, and the row number setting must be valid within this range.

Diagram: Manually set the WIN8 tile display line number

Click "Confirm" to save the modified Win8 registry, return to the Win8 Start screen, click on the user icon in the upper-right corner, select "Log Off" and log on to the system or reboot the computer, and then you can see that the Win8 Start screen has just been modified.

Icon: Win8 Start screen tiles are set to three lines

Generally speaking, we all want to make full use of the area of the screen, the number of magnetic paste lines naturally more the better, if the display resolution support to show more number of lines of magnetic paste, it may be set to let it show the most Win8 magnetic paste bar!

Left: Win8 Start screen four line magnetic paste left: Win8 Start screen six lines of magnetic paste