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Chapter 10 Your Desktop, Start Button, and Taskbar (And Free Programs) In This Chapter B Using the desktop and making shortcuts B Deleting files, folders, programs, and icons B Retrieving deleted items from the Recycle Bin B Using the taskbar and controlling Print Manager B Starting programs, adding programs, and removing programs from the Start but- ton B Making Windows load programs automatically n the old days of computing, pale technoweenies typed disgustingly long strings of code words into computers to make the computers do something — anything. With Windows XP, computers reach the age of modern convenience. To start a program, simply click a button. There’s a slight complication, however: The buttons no longer look like buttons. In fact, some of the buttons are hidden, revealed only by the push of yet another button (if you’re lucky enough to stumble upon the right place to push). To make matters worse, some of the buttons fall off and land on your desktop. (Don’t worry; they’re supposed to do that.) This chapter cov- ers the three main Windows XP buttonmongers: the desktop, the task- bar, and that mother of all buttons — the Start button. Plus, it explains which of the Windows freebie programs are worth the click it takes to load them. I
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