Stream 7 - Task Bar and touch Keyboard problems

I own a Signature Edition Stream 7 running 8.1. Three questions that I could not find answers for elsewhere:
1) While on the Desktop, how do I show the taskbar? It remains hidden and I do not want to set the preferences so that it is always shown. I touch all along the bottom of the screen, scroll up from the bottom, etc... and no luck.
2) The Stream 7 keyboard does not pop up when folders are open so I cannot rename folders, search for documents from the desktop, etc... The keyboard shows up when Chrome/IE is open, but not when I need to do actual system changes or searches.
3) Related to #2, where are the program files? I'm trying to choose the Kindle app to open a personal MOBI file, but there is no way to search for this application because I have no access to the keyboard.
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1) the touchscreen does not sense anything a few pixels on the border. the windows slide screens still work but the task bar auto hide will not.
2) the keyboard is not automatic for normal programs, you will need to use the task bar to open up the keyboard when you need it.
3) hit the windows key and then slide the metro display up.

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