You can start the program right after you have downloaded and unpacked it on your system. While it is not a universal solution because of that, as it does not support third party apps that you install using the Windows Store, it at least gives you the option to create shortcuts to several popular apps on your desktop. The free program Metro App Link provides you with the option to create shortcuts for all default Metro apps that ship with Windows 8. If you have installed a program like Start8, you may get direct access to the app via the start menu that those applications add to the Windows 8 operating system, but if you do not use those programs, you are pretty much without options to create shortcuts for Metro apps. Say you have a favorite Metro app that you want to access regularly from your desktop. In Windows 8, you would have to press the Windows key first, and then either use the search to find it or locate it in the Metro interface and click on it to start it up.
One of the things that you can't do in the Windows 8 Release Preview is create desktop shortcuts for Metro apps.
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