One of the oldest and most used features on Windows is the ability to create shortcuts to files and programs stored on your PC. Creating a shortcut is not the same thing as moving the program or file ...

The desktop in the Windows 8 beta offers no Start button and a few shortcuts. How can you easily populate it with your favorite programs? Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and ...

Windows 8 has two environments: the full screen, touch-centric Windows Store App interface (also called Metro) and the Desktop interface, which looks and acts like Windows 7. If you install programs ...

Your desktop, whether Windows 11 or macOS, is the handiest spot for the applications, files, and folders you use most. Maybe you’d like to organize your desktop icons by placing some in a folder. Or ...

Let’s face it, Google is pretty much where we all go to find things online. You probably use it a lot. Having to open your ...

You can add icons to your desktop in Windows 10 and more easily access system folders or apps. When you add icons to your desktop, you create shortcuts to folders or programs such as your Recycle Bin ...

The following instructions will help you show or hide common icons on the desktop in Windows 11: If you want to arrange the desktop icons by name (in alphabetical order), right-click in the empty ...

In previous versions of Windows, the Start Menu was a fast way to find and launch programs . Microsoft killed it in Window 8, but if you're a fan of it, it's easy to get it back. One of the worst ...