Adding Icons To The Desktop - Gateway MX6452 User Manual

CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP

Adding icons to the desktop

Help and
Support
For more information
about desktop icons,
click Start, then click
Help and Support.
Type the keyword
desktop icons in the
Search box, then click
the arrow.
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Click All Programs to see all programs and
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files in the Start menu. When you move the
mouse pointer over any menu item that
has an arrow next to it, another menu,
called a submenu, opens and reveals
related files, programs, or commands.
Click a file or program to open it.
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You may want to add an icon (shortcut) to the
desktop for a program that you use frequently.
To add icons to the desktop:
Click Start, then click All Programs.
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Right-click (press the right mouse or
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touchpad button) the program that you
want to add to the desktop.
Click Send To, then click Desktop (create
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shortcut). A shortcut icon for that program
appears on the desktop.