Technical information

Windows 8 For Dummies, Dell Pocket Edition

✓ If you delete something from somebody

else’s computer over a network, it can’t be

retrieved. The Recycle Bin holds only items

deleted from your own computer, not some-

body else’s computer. (For some awful

reason, the Recycle Bin on the other per-

son’s computer doesn’t save the item,

either.) Be careful.

Bellying Up to the Taskbar

Whenever more than one window sits across your

desktop, you face a logistics problem: Programs and

windows tend to overlap, making them difficult to

spot. To make matters worse, programs such as

Internet Explorer and Microsoft Word can each con-

tain several windows apiece. How do you keep track

of all the windows?

The Windows 8 solution is the taskbar — a special

area that keeps track of your currently running pro-

grams and their windows. Shown in Figure 2-5, the

taskbar lives along the bottom of your desktop, con-

stantly updating itself to show an icon for every cur-

rently running program.

Figure 2-5: Click buttons for currently running programs on

the taskbar.

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