Disable Windows 8.1 Upgrade Splash Message with Reg Key

[darknkreepy3#]

Here is the reg key to stop the annoying Windows 8.1 upgrade 'offer' from windows store. The upgrade can break a lot of software presently as of February 2014, so it might be best to not add 8.1 until the kinks are out (maybe June 2014).

The WindowsStore key didn't exist on some systems, so right click the folder key (Microsoft) and create it if you're doing this manually in regedit

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsStore

Then create a new DWORD DisableOSUpgrade and set it as a 64-bit key to HEX value 1 0x00000001

Here is a reg file to do it automatically for the pc with the nag.



_files/disable_81_upgrade_notification.reg