Hi Jan,
I have a laptop that i got 6 months ago with windows 8 & really hate how it boots to the metro screen. With that being said make sure you have updated to windows 8.1 if your computer only has 8.0
Then i installed an app that loads windows to the desktop screen instead of the metro screen & it also adds the start button back to the desktop that we are all use to, dont know why microsoft got rid of the button.
This app lets us work from the desktop just like previous versions of windows.
Here is the link if you want to check it out
http://www.iobit.com/iobitstartmenu8.php Also forgot to mention it is free
When working from the desktop in windows 8 you can install your fttp program & use it to upload your files