eMachines H3120 Adding icons to the desktop, Identifying window items, Window item Description

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Adding icons to the desktop

You may want to add an icon (shortcut) to the desktop for a program that you use frequently.

To add icons to the desktop:

1Click Start, then click All Programs.

2Right-click (press the right mouse or touchpad button) the program that you want to add to the desktop.

3Click Send To, then click Desktop (create shortcut). A shortcut icon for that program appears on the desktop.

Help and Support

For more information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type the keyword desktop icons in the Search box, then click the arrow.

Identifying window items

When you double-click the icon for a drive, folder, file, or program, a window opens on the desktop. This example shows the Local Disk (C:) window, which opens after you double-click the Local Disk (C:) icon in the My Computer window.

Title bar	Close
Menu bar	Maximize
	Minimize

	Every program window looks a little different because each has its own menus,
	icons, and controls. Most windows include these items:
Window item	Description
	The title bar is the horizontal bar at the top of a window
	that shows the window title.
	Clicking the minimize button reduces the active window to
	a button on the taskbar. Clicking the program button in the
	taskbar opens the window again.

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