Increase the number of rows in the Start Screen/Metro on the Surface Pro from 3 to 5
I didn't like how the default metro screen was still only 3 rows big on our 1080 screen, so I figured out how to increase it to five rows...
Make a registry file called MetroRows.reg with this inside the file:
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell\Grid]
"Layout_MaximumAvailableHeightCells"=dword:00000005
"Layout_AvailableHeightCells"=dword:00000005
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Scaling]
"MonitorSize"="12.7"
And then double click and import it into the registry. Then reboot. Also rotate the Surface Pro to Portrait, open the charm bar and select Settings, select Tiles and then turn on Show more tiles. It does make the on-screen keyboard slightly smaller, but I rather have more rows on my HD screen.
To undo this, make a new registry file called MetroDefault.reg:
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell\Grid]
"Layout_MaximumAvailableHeightCells"=dword:00000003
"Layout_AvailableHeightCells"=dword:00000003
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Scaling]
"MonitorSize"=-
And then double click the file and reboot.