Disable context menus in Start Screen in Windows 8.1 Update 1

Is there a way to disable the context menus introduced with Windows 8.1 Update 1? They make customizing the Start screen much less user friendly than it was previously.
For example, if I want to move/customize multiple tiles, I have to either do it individually or hold control when clicking on the tiles. Previously I could just right click multiple tiles and it would select them all (which is much easier since it
only involves the mouse).
One of the reasons I liked the Start screen was not needing to navigate menu trees of varying complexity. The context menus are re-introducing that, and I'd prefer to not use them if it was possible.

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> {quote:title=PauPau wrote:}{quote}
> > I used Toshiba Recovery Center and i recovered my pc to fabricate settings
> What happens then?
> Do you have any problems after installation the OS from recovery disk?
>
> > When it installs drivers it crashed on Graphics driver again
> You dont need to install any drivers after installation from recovery disk. The recovery disk installs Win OS and also the necessary drivers!
>
> > I downloaded 197.16, 197.71, 258.80 drivers from Nvidia and laptopvideo2go, but when i try to install these versions, it says not compotible with my system settings.
>
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> {quote:title=PinkPanther wrote:}{quote}
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>
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