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Create a Desktop Shortcut
Figure 1-9: The Send To shortcut menu
Figure 1-10: A new shortcut on the desktop
Create a Desktop Shortcut
1. Choose Start➪All Programs and locate the program on
the list of programs that appears.
2. Right-click an item, FreeCell for example, and choose
Send To➪Desktop (Create Shortcut) (see Figure 1-9).
3. The shortcut appears on the desktop (see Figure 1-10).
Double-click the icon to open the application.
Occasionally, Windows 7 offers to delete desktop icons that you
haven’t used in a long time. Let it. The desktop should be reserved
for frequently used programs, files, and folders. You can always
re-create shortcuts easily if you need them again.
To clean up your desktop manually, right-click the desktop and
choose Personalize. Click the Change Desktop Icons link to the left.
In the Desktop Icon Setting dialog box that appears, click the
Restore Default button, which returns to the original desktop short-
cuts set up on your computer.
You can create a shortcut for a brand new item by right-clicking the
desktop, choosing New, and then choosing an item to place there,
such as a text document, bitmap image, or contact. Then double-
click the shortcut that appears and begin working on the file in the
associated application.
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