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Cutting the distances: the Shortcut |
We've talked about the Start and Programs menu and we've
mentioned something about Shortcuts. Well, all the items in Programs menu are
called Shortcuts.
 Shortcuts are icons that give you fast access
to "distant files/folders".
They are easily recognized by  at the bottom-left
of the icon. You can create your own shortcuts. Suppose you've
create a file at
c:\temp\Myfolder\another\anotherfolder\file1.txt
The shortcut can be stored on the Desktop, it will send
you to the distant location above with a single click, so
you don't have to go through all the folders.
Right-click on the desktop, select New>>Shortcut,
click Browse to specify the
location, click next, name the shortcut with something
informative and click FINISH
One cool thing is that if you tried to create a shortcut
for something on your computer like a Windows program, it will automatically name the
shortcut and receive the icon of that program.
Now you are ready to create files, folders, shortcuts,
open and close files.
The only program you've met until now was NotePad.
In
Windows Application will be talking about other applications that come shipped with
Windows, you will learn how to benefit from each.
Installing a new software on your computer seems now very
easy,
use Add/Remove from Control Panel. The installation procedure is common
to all programs: all you need
to do is press Next, then Finish
to complete
installation.
Soon you will become an expert user and run a custom
installation to have more control over what's installed on your machine.
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