Toshiba P100/P105 Starting a program from Windows® Explorer, Close, WordPad, My Computer, Program Files, 2Click Accessories, 3Click Windows Explorer

88	Learning the Basics
	Starting a program

If a program is not listed in the All Programs menu, you can start it from Windows® Explorer. Windows® Explorer gives you a view of your computer’s contents as a hierarchy or “tree.” You can easily see the content of each drive and folder on your computer. To use this method, you should know the file name and location of the program’s executable file (this file ends with .exe).

3Click the program, in this example, WordPad. WordPad opens.

To close the program, click the Close button in the upper-right corner of the program’s window.

Starting a program from Windows® Explorer

If a program is not listed in the All Programs menu, you can start it from Windows® Explorer. Windows® Explorer gives you a view of your computer’s contents as a hierarchy or “tree.” You can easily see the contents of each drive and folder on your computer. To use this method, you should know the file name and location of the program’s executable file (this file ends with .exe).

This example opens WordPad using Windows Explorer.

1Click Start, then All Programs.

2Click Accessories.3Click Windows Explorer.

4Click My Computer to expand the window.

5In the left part of the window, click the line that ends in “(C:).”

6In the left part of the window, under the C: icon, double- click the folder containing the program, in this case Program Files.