Rearrange Taskbar Icons

Rearrange Taskbar Icons It's easy to rearrange the icons across the bottom of the screen -- simply drag an icon to where you want it to live. You can also add icons to the taskbar by dragging them from an application, and delete the icons by highlighting them and pressing the Delete key....

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Set a New Windows Explorer Launch Folder

Set a New Windows Explorer Launch Folder When you run Windows Explorer, it always opens to the Libraries folder. That's fine if you use Microsoft's default file organization, which designates Libraries as the overall container for your folders. But what if you don't? You might...

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Windows Explorer tips

Windows Explorer tips Windows Explorer is the heart and soul of the Windows interface, and overall it works quite well. But you can make it better....

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Add a Videos Link to the Start Menu

Add a Videos Link to the Start Menu The Windows 7 Start Menu includes links to your Pictures and Music folders, but not to your Videos folder. If you watch a lot of videos and want a link to them on your Start Menu, here's what you can do:   1. Right-click the Start button...

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Customize the Shut Down Button

Customize the Shut Down Button The default action of the Start Menu's Shut down button is to turn off your PC. If you want to use the button for another action, such as restarting your PC, you click the arrow to the right of the Shut down button and select an action from the drop-down menu. What if you rarely shut your PC down completely but frequently restart it? You can change...

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