How to Skip Metro Start Screen and Boot Directly into Desktop in Windows 8

Microsoft still wants everyone to use and love the Modern UI, but it accepts, finally, that a large portion of users aren’t interested in apps and the tiled interface. So it’s given desktop users the option to skip the Start screen on boot up, but then tucked it away, along with a bunch of other useful customization options.

How to Skip Metro Start Screen and Boot Directly into Desktop in Windows 8?
Now the things have changed in Windows 8.1. Microsoft has put a new option in Windows 8.1 to bypass Start Screen and direct boot to Desktop. If the user enables this new option, he'll go directly to Windows Desktop after login screen and the Start Screen will no longer show after sign in.

If you are using Windows 8.1 and want to bypass Start Screen and want to direct boot into Desktop, check out following steps:

1. Right-click on Taskbar and select Properties option.
2. It'll open Taskbar and Navigation properties window.
3. Go to "Navigation" tab and enable "Go to the desktop instead of Start when I sign in" option present in "Start screen" section.