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Re:Microsoft Will Soon Bring Back The Start Menu In Windows 8.1 by tedsanders on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @06:42PM (#7519571)
There's an even faster way than sjwright's answer.

Type the windows key, then 'cmd', then press enter.

I really wish Windows 8 did a better job of teaching users, especially the quick ways to launch programs from the keyboard.

Re:Microsoft Will Soon Bring Back The Start Menu In Windows 8.1 by ygra on Thursday April 03, 2014 @10:40AM (#7523116)
Win+X, C (or A if you need one as admin).