Win8 Tips: How to Hide Win8.1 Update Power Button

At the Build2014 Developer Conference, Microsoft brought a new Win8.1 Update platform for the Win8.1 platform, especially for the start screen to bring the power button. But Microsoft's intimate reminder is not the dish for all users. For example, the Surface Pro tablet does not have this power button, and ordinary desktop users do not need this power button.
Therefore, IT Home also sent a registry for all Win8.1 users using tips: one key to hide /open the Win8.1 Update power button.
How to operate it, the specific can refer to the following -
1, because we need to "run the knife" on the Win8.1 registry, you must back up the current registry in advance, for example, Rubik's Cube cleanup master (click here to download ) Provides a "backup registry" feature.

2, after backing up the registry, we only need to open two notebooks, record the following two contents:
• "hidden power button"
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
////Hide Win8.1 Update start screen power button
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\ImmersiveShell\\Launcher]
"Launcher_ShowPowerButtonOnStartScreen"=dWord:00000000
• "Restore power button"
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
//Recover Win8.1 Update Start Screen Power Button
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\ImmersiveShell\\Launcher]
"Launcher_ShowPowerButtonOnStartScreen"=dWord:00000001
Save the above two notebooks as hidden power button .reg, restore power button .reg.
IT home reminder: pay attention to the suffix format of the document, txt correction is reg, refer to the following figure

3, traditional desktop users: if you need to hide the Win8.1 Update power button, then just run Hide the power key .reg, import the current system registry, and then log out of the current system or restart the resource manager to take effect.

At this point, we managed to hide the "unsightly" power button.

4. Tablet PC users: If you use the touch screen operation and need to use the Win8.1 Update power button, you only need to run the hidden power button .reg to import the current system registry.

Then log out of the current system or restart the resource manager to take effect (refer to the figure below).

The final IT home also produced a key to open/hide the Win8.1 Update power button registry command, welcome to fans to download and use (click here to download).