Mike....
If you hold the Windows Logo Key and hit the print screen key the pictures are automatically saved in you users\username\pictures\screenshots as screenshot(#).png which you can open with a bunch of different viewers
Yeh. Well:Hey David......
Since I know what a proponent of the Start Screen Menu you are, I'm sort of surprised that you just didn't go to where it is normally located and right click it and choose "pin to start". Seems like that might be another handy alternative.