Toshiba Tecra S1 User Guide - Page 99
Starting a program from Windows ® Explorer, Start, Programs, Accessories, Windows Explorer
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Learning the Basics Starting a program 99 Starting a program from Windows® Explorer If a program is not listed in the Programs menu, you can start it from Windows® Explorer. Windows® Explorer gives you a view of your computer's contents as a hierarchy or "tree." You can easily see the content of each drive and folder on your computer. To use this method, you should know the file name and location of the program's executable file (this file ends with .exe). This example opens Wordpad using its file name, wordpad.exe. 1 Click Start, then point to All Programs. 2 Click Accessories. 3 Click Windows Explorer. 4 Double-click My Computer. 5 Click on the C: drive in the left part of the window. 6 In the left part of the window, under the C: icon, doubleclick the folder containing the program, in this case Program Files. The files are hidden. Click on "Show the contents of this folder" on the right side of the window to see the files. Windows® Explorer shows the contents of the Program Files folder on the right side of the window. The left side of the window shows all the folders contained within the Program Files folder. 7 In the left part of the window, click Windows NT. 8 Click Accessories. Windows® Explorer shows the contents of the Accessories folder on the right side of the window. 9 In the right part of the window, double-click Wordpad. The operating system opens Wordpad.