Shortcut stuff.

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Desktop

To make a shortcut to a File or Folder Right click the file/folder and select Send to from the pop up menu Click on Desktop from the list To make a Shortcut to a program Click Local Disk c: Click Program Files Click the program folder and find a file with the program name and .exe after it Follow the instructions for creating a shortcut to a file above If you are unsure which file is the program, you can go to Start, programs and right click the program. Choose Properties and in the popup box the target is the directions to the file with the file name.

Taskbar

The taskbar is the strip at the bottom of your screen. You can create shortcuts here to a lot of files for quick access. It is a slightly different procedure for Windows 98 to Windows XP First you need to make a folder to keep the links in. It is easiest to make it in My Documents and call it Frequent Windows 98 Find a File or Folder you want to make a shortcut to and right click on it Click Create Shortcut Here Drag the new shortcut to your Frequent Folder Repeat above for each file or folder you want to add Drag the Frequent folder to the taskbar and let go Windows XP Make up your Frequent folder as above, adding shortcuts to files and or folders Right click a blank space on your taskbar and select Toobars Click on New Toolbar and navigate to the Frequent folder Here's what my taskbar looks like after clicking the >> next to the Frequent folder. You can see I also have Toolbars for the Goats and one for Games.