closing UI app goes to desktop instead of main UI

switching from a surface 1 to a surface 3...both machines have 1.41 installed and I've gone through the settings to make sure they match.  on the new computer when I swipe down to close a metro app such as IE, it closes it to the desktop mode instead of leaving it in metro. 

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Does the surface 1 have 8.0 or 8.1?

Windows 8.1 will go to the desktop after a metro app is closed if the computer is set to boot to the desktop.

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both are 8.1.  surface v1 was 8.0 and upgraded to 8.1; surface v3 comes with 8.1.  neither boot to desktop mode, they boot to modern UI.  open metro IE, swipe down metro IE and i'm in desktop mode.

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stumbled on the fix; not a start8 problem.  since update1 "show windows apps on taskbar" being set is what causes this behavior.