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2 Part 1: The Windows 7 User Experience
Desktop
The Windows 7 desktop (see Figure 1-1) consists of the taskbar (see “Taskbar”
later in this part) that normally appears along the bottom of the screen, a back-
ground image (or color) that fills the rest of the screen (see “Personalize” later
in this part), any gadgets you display on the screen (see “Gadgets” later in this
part), and whatever desktop icons and desktop shortcuts you then choose to
place on this background.
Figure 1-1
Desktop background image GadgetsRecycle Bin desktop icon
Taskbar
Displaying additional desktop icons
The Windows 7 desktop starts with just a single Recycle Bin desktop icon
(where you drop any files, folders, and desktop shortcuts you want deleted from
the system). In addition to the Recycle Bin icon, you can add the following icons
to your Windows 7 desktop:
✓ Computer: To open your Computer window (same as choosing Start➪
Computer from the taskbar), which shows all the drives and compo-
nents connected to your computer (including drives that you’ve mapped
onto a drive letter).
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