Toshiba NB100 Series User Manual page 54

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Features of Your Computer
Starting a program
When you install a program, the operating system usually puts an
icon in the All Programs menu.
1 To start a program that has an icon in the All Programs menu,
click Start, and then All Programs.
The Windows
menu, which lists programs and program groups.
2 Locate the program you want to work on and then click the
folder to start the program.
Use Windows
program file
To use this method, you should know the file name and location of
the program's executable file (this file ends with .exe).
1 Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, Windows Explorer,
and in the left part of the window, click My Computer.
2 In the left part of the window, click the line that ends in "(C:)."
3 In the left part of the window, under the C: icon, double-click
the folder containing the program, in this case Program Files.
Windows
folder on the right side of the window. The left side of the
window shows all the folders contained within the Program
Files folder.
4 Locate the program you want to work on and then click the
folder to start the program.
Use the Run dialog box
1 To locate a program, click Start, and then Run. The Run
dialog box appears.
2 In the Run dialog box, type the command line. For a program
in the Windows
Otherwise, type the full file path. For example, to access
WordPad, type:
c:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe,
OK.
3 If you do not know the location, you can search for it by
clicking Start, then Search, and then following the on-screen
instructions.
®
operating system displays the All Programs
®
Explorer or My Computer to locate the
®
Explorer shows the contents of the Program Files
®
folder, type just the program name.
then click