Wait a moment, and the Charms will appear. If you've got a mouse, move the cursor to the upper-right-hand corner of your screen.
If you're on a touch screen, you can do this by swiping in from the right edge. Open the Charms bar, Windows 8's new superpowered sidebar. We've got three ways to get you back home to the colorful safety of Metro's tiles. Feeling lost in Windows 8's Desktop mode? Not sure how to get back to the Start screen? It's simpler than you think.