Hello

I have the same issue!

I was running the Start8 trial and everything was good.  When the trial ended, the computer still booted straight into desktop mode.  If I press the windows key then nothing happens, I am still in desktop mode. (Actually the window I am working in becomes deactivated, but nothing else visible happens.)

If I activate the charm bar on the right hand side of the screen and push the windows icon there, again nothing happens and I am still in desktop mode.

I then uninstalled Start8 from the control panel, rebooted, and it's still the same as above.  I can't get into the modern interface at all.

Please advise on how to restore the original Windows8 behaviour

I am using Win8 (not the preview).

All done as requested.  Thanks

Mike

If your machine is booting to the desktop on Windows 8.1 without Start8 installed (make sure the Start8 files have been removed from the hard drive), it isn't us causing it as the boot to desktop feature is something that requires actual code from Start8 running when on 8.0 (vs 8.1 where the OS option is used)