Chapter 3
The Traditional Desktop
IN THIS CHAPTER
Finding the desktop
Finding the Start menu
Working on the desktop
Retrieving deleted items from the Recycle Bin
Understanding the taskbar
Customizing the desktop
Setting up multiple desktops
Making programs easier to find
After you turn on your PC and type in your user name and password, the Windows desktop fills the screen, ready for work. For the most part, the Windows 11 desktop works the same way it’s worked for the past decade. It’s where you arrange your work in onscreen windows and make things happen.
The Windows 11 new Start menu and its gang of apps bring many changes, but the desktop works much like the familiar workhorse of ...
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