I recently had a client lose the DESKTOP tile within the Windows 8 start menu. Doing the normal DESKTOP search from the start menu resulted in no such animal. I was therefore forced to search for the easy recovery solution and thanks to EightForums.com came across this easy solution to recover it. If you have come across this strange problem and want help with it just contact me as I am a key click away for any existing client and can be for anyone asking for remote help.