Finding Your Way Around The Desktop - Toshiba E105-S1802 User Manual

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Exploring Your Computer's Features
Exploring the desktop

Finding your way around the desktop

Your computer's desktop includes several standard features: icons,
Start button, taskbar, notification area, and background pattern.
Icons
Start button
(Sample Image) Windows
Icons
An icon represents a folder, file, or program that can be quickly
activated by double-clicking the icon.
You can create a new desktop icon for any folder, file, or program
by dragging the element's icon from its location in a window to the
desktop area.
You may see various icons displayed on your system desktop, for
example:
Recycle Bin—Holds files you have deleted. You may be able to
retrieve these files until you empty the Recycle Bin.
NOTE
Taskbar
TECHNICAL NOTE: If you delete a file from external media, it does
not go into the Recycle Bin. For more information on the Recycle
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Bin, see Windows
If you place the pointer over an icon, a popup description of the file
contents appears.
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operating system desktop
online Help.
Notification area