>Have you tried the search in Windows 8?

Nope, actually never had it in my hands. I'm only referring to the habit of Microsoft and everybody else to refer to the desktop as the default (and the only) place where to put everything. That will have to change.

>>This will be an immense cost to everybody... who ever listened to what M$ was saying at the time, and inserted a "then save it to your desktop" in the instructions to their apps. They'll have to rewrite a lot :).