Get a program called "Start Is Back". It's small - only about 4 megabytes and it's cheap - only $2.99
I am not affiliated in any way with the program. I just discovered it recently and it made me actually like (almost) Windows 8 for the first time. This tiny program, combined with the...
Having just recently switched from Windows 7 to the latest version of Windows 8.1, I found this thread while searching for a solution to this problem (and it's only one that helped me solve the problem) and I just wanted to mention my experience.
I put shortcuts to 2 programs in Startup. One...