Boot to Desktop

[rdubmu]

How do you boot to desktop in Windows 8.1?

 

[stmav]

1. Right click on the taskbar and select Properties in desktop mode.

2. Click on the Navigation tab.

3. Check “Go to the desktop instead of Start when I sign in.”

4. Check “Show my desktop background on Start” also if you want the Start Screen to have the same wallpaper as the desktop.

 

[rdubmu]

We should make this a how to: Sticky.

 

[_Emi_]

you can change this reg entry to boot to desktop as well.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartPage]
"OpenAtLogon"=dword:00000000