If the desktop icon is lost because you have installed other software on Windows 8, you can use the following method to re-reply to the Start Screen icon. The following uses the IE 10 icon as an example, if the IE10 icon disappears from the Start Screen, you can do this:
First, enter Win + Q to search for all programs.
2. enter Internet Explorer or "I", and then click or click Apps ).
Third: in the search results, right-click Internet Explorer and choose "start.
Note: If you set a browser other than Internet Explorer 10 as the default browser, the icon of Internet Explorer 10 is not displayed on the Start Screen. You must first set Internet Explorer 10 as the default browser and then perform the preceding steps.
Confirmed. If you set a third-party browser as the default browser, you will not be able to use Metro's IE!
Author: Win8 home