Compaq Presario 8000 Compaq Presario S0000 / 8000 Series Computers User's Guid - Page 25

using the all programs menu, organizing your all programs list

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using the all programs menu To find the software programs on your PC: 1 Choose Start. 2 Choose All Programs. organizing your all programs list You see folders organized according to task (select models only) when you: 1 Click Start. 2 Choose All Programs. A folder contains a list of items. Each item is actually a shortcut, or link, to a program, document, or another folder. The Music folder, for example, contains shortcuts to the programs you use to play music CDs. To change the name of an item: 1 Right-click the item. 2 Select Rename. 3 Type the new name and press Enter on the keyboard. To move an item by using the drag-and-drop technique: 1 Select the item in All Programs or in a folder. 2 Left-click the item and hold down the mouse button. 3 Move the mouse pointer to where you want the item, and then release the mouse button. (If you have problems dropping the item into a folder, drag it to your desktop, and then drag it to the folder.) To copy an item: 1 Right-click the item. 2 Select Create Shortcut. The shortcut appears in the folder. 3 Drag the item into the All Programs list or into another folder. If you use Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel to delete a software program, the shortcut in All Programs may not be removed. To remove a shortcut: 1 Click Start. 2 Choose All Programs. 3 Select the folder. 4 Right-click the shortcut, and then select Delete. Click Delete Shortcut to confirm you want to delete the shortcut. 18 user's guide

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user’s guide
using the all programs menu
To find the software programs on your PC:
1
Choose
Start
.
2
Choose
All Programs
.
organizing your all programs list
You see folders organized according to task (select models only) when you:
1
Click
Start
.
2
Choose
All Programs
.
A folder contains a list of items. Each item is actually a shortcut, or
link
, to a
program, document, or another folder. The Music folder, for example, contains
shortcuts to the programs you use to play music CDs.
To change the name of an item:
1
Right-click the item.
2
Select
Rename
.
3
Type the new name and press Enter on the keyboard.
To move an item by using the drag-and-drop technique:
1
Select the item in All Programs or in a folder.
2
Left-click the item and hold down the mouse button.
3
Move the mouse pointer to where you want the item, and then release the
mouse button.
(If you have problems dropping the item into a folder, drag it to your
desktop, and then drag it to the folder.)
To copy an item:
1
Right-click the item.
2
Select
Create Shortcut
. The shortcut appears in the folder.
3
Drag the item into the All Programs list or into another folder.
If you use
Add or Remove Programs
in the Control Panel to delete a software
program, the shortcut in All Programs may not be removed. To remove a
shortcut:
1
Click
Start
.
2
Choose
All Programs
.
3
Select the folder.
4
Right-click the shortcut, and then select
Delete
. Click
Delete Shortcut
to
confirm you want to delete the shortcut.