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Finding your way around the desktop – Toshiba Satellite Pro 6000 Series User Manual

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Enhancing Productivity
Exploring the desktop

Finding your way around the desktop

Your computer’s desktop includes several standard features:
icons, Start button, taskbar, system tray, and background
pattern.

Sample Windows

®

XP Professional operating system desktop

Icons

An icon represents a folder, file, or program that can be quickly
activated by double-clicking the icon.

You can create a new desktop icon for any folder, file, or program
by dragging the element’s icon from its location in a window to the
desktop area.

The icons initially displayed on your system desktop include:

Start button

Taskbar

Icons

System tray