Starting A Program From Windows Explorer - Toshiba S1 User Manual

Starting a program from Windows
If a program is not listed in the Programs menu, you can start
it from Windows
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).
This example opens Wordpad using its file name,
wordpad.exe.
1 Click Start, then point to All Programs.
2 Click Accessories.
3 Click Windows Explorer.
4 Double-click My Computer.
5 Click on the C: drive in the left part of the window.
6 In the left part of the window, under the C: icon, double-
click the folder containing the program, in this case
Program Files.
The files are hidden. Click on "Show the contents of this
folder" on the right side of the window to see the 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.
7 In the left part of the window, click Windows NT.
8 Click Accessories.
Windows
folder on the right side of the window.
9 In the right part of the window, double-click Wordpad.
The operating system opens Wordpad.
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Explorer. Windows
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Explorer shows the contents of the Program Files
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Explorer shows the contents of the Accessories
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