While disabling the new Metro style design in Windows 8 isn’t an option, a simple script that runs at the start-up every time can help you to go straight to the Desktop skipping the Start screen.

Instructions

  1. Copy the code below and paste it into a text file and save it as windesk.bat (make sure you change the file extension from .txt to .bat).

C:\Windows\explorer.exe shell:::{3080F90D-D7AD-11D9-BD98-0000947B0257}

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  1. Store the script on C:\ — don’t ever delete this file –. Now you’ll need to create a Windows task that will always run at the log-in. You’ll do this by creating a new task in the Windows Task Scheduler.

Creating a schedule task

  1. Go to the Start screen, type and open the Schedule tasks .

  2. From the Actions menu on the right, click Create Basic Task .

  3. Name the task anything you want, and click Next .

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  1. On Task Trigger, select When I log on and click Next .
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  1. In Action, select Start a program and click Next .

  2. At the Start a Program, browse and select the script you created earlier, click Next and then Finish .

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Now with the script created and attached to a new Windows task, you won’t have to resource to manually bypass the Start screen at log-in.