Point the mouse cursor at your screen’s bottom-left corner

The Start button no longer lives in the desktop’s bottom-left corner in Windows 8. Now, simply pointing and clicking at that little corner of desktop real estate fetches the new Windows 8 Start screen. When the Start screen appears, you click the app or program you’d like to run.

To visit the Start screen from the desktop, as well as to revisit any recently opened apps, follow these steps:

1. Point the mouse cursor at your screen’s bottom-left corner.
   A tiny thumbnail-sized Start screen icon rears its head. Click it to return to the Start screen.
   Or, if you want to return to any currently running apps, move to the next step.