Will this work with 8.1? It works in 8.0

BOOT TO DESKTOP:

First, Control Panel System and Security Administrative Tools
Schedule Tasks.

Once the Task Scheduler is open, click Create Task under Task Scheduler
Library in the Actions pane. Name your task "Boot to desktop" or
something similar.

Open theTriggers tab, select New, and choose At log on in the 'Begin the
task' drop-down menu at top. Click OK, and then open the Actions tab,
select New once again, and enter explorer in the Program/script field.

Save the action and the task, and you're done!

From now on, every time you log in to Windows, you'll automatically jump
to the desktop, where an open Libraries folder will greet you.

Juan Wei has written on 11/25/2013 8:38 PM:
BOOT TO DESKTOP:

First, Control Panel System and Security Administrative Tools
Schedule Tasks.

Once the Task Scheduler is open, click Create Task under Task Scheduler
Library in the Actions pane. Name your task "Boot to desktop" or
something similar.

Open theTriggers tab, select New, and choose At log on in the 'Begin the
task' drop-down menu at top. Click OK, and then open the Actions tab,
select New once again, and enter explorer in the Program/script field.

Save the action and the task, and you're done!

From now on, every time you log in to Windows, you'll automatically jump
to the desktop, where an open Libraries folder will greet you.


I see that 8.1 has made things easier!

[When you have Windows up and running after the upgrade, right click an
empty section of the taskbar and select properties to bring up the newly
named “Taskbar and Navigation properties” dialog. Move to the
Navigation tab and look in the “Start screen” section in the lower half
of the dialog. Check the box labeled ‘Go to the desktop instead of Start
when I sign in” and click OK."]