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Using the Windows taskbar you can move quickly and easily between open windows.
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Click the Start button
on the Windows taskbar, point to Programs, and click Windows Explorer.
The Windows Explorer window opens.
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Click and hold down your left mouse button on the title bar of the Windows Explorer window, and drag the window so you can see the
My Computer icon on your desktop.
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To open a second window, double-click the My Computer icon on your desktop.
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To open a third window, double-click the Network Neighborhood icon on your desktop.
Note that the window you opened most recently appears in front of the other windows.
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To display the My Computer window in front of the other windows, click the My Computer button on the taskbar.
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Return to Windows Explorer by clicking its taskbar button (labeled Exploring - (C:)) on
the taskbar.
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Click the Network Neighborhood taskbar button to display the Network Neighborhood window in front of the other windows.
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You can use the Minimize and Maximize buttons to hide and display your open windows.
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Click the Minimize button
on the Network Neighborhood
window title bar to minimize it.
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Click the Maximize button
on the title bar of the
Windows Explorer window (labeled Exploring - (C:)) to maximize it.
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Click the Restore button
on the title bar of the Windows Explorer window (labeled Exploring - (C:)) to return the window to its previous size.
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Click the Close button
on the title bars of the
Windows Explorer (labeled Exploring - (C:)) and the My Computer windows.
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Click the Network Neighborhood taskbar button to restore it, and click the Close
button
on the title bar of the Network Neighborhood window.
You now know how to quickly and easily manage open windows.
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