It HAS to do this the Metro UI isn't feature complete (it can't do everything - there are plenty of operations where Window 8 shoved you back into Desktop). More interestingly Desktop isn't feature complete either (it can't do everything and again there are plenty of times you get shoved into Metro).
The whole UI is weird with neither side feeling quite like "home". I think Microsoft WANT users to upgrade to touch displays on ALL their PCs - essentially to stimulate demand for Metro apps (and hence Windows 8 itself). So I feel this is part of a deliberate move. Metro feels really wrong with a keyboard and mouse though.
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