Boot to Desktop Instead of Start Menu in Windows 8

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1. 1
   Right-click on the start menu taskbar

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   Click "Properties"

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3. 3
   Click the "Navigation" tab

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   Here are two sections. The first section is "Corner navigation" and the second one is "Start screen". We want to boot to the desktop instead of the start screen.

   

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   Click the first option under "Start screen"

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   It says, "When I sign in or close all apps on a screen, go to the desktop instead of Start".

   

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   Click "OK"

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   Once this is done, if we restart the computer, we will be brought back to the desktop instead of the start menu.

   

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   This concludes our tutorial on how to boot to the desktop instead of the start menu on Windows 8 computers

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