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Windows 11 For Dummies
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Windows 11 For Dummies

by Andy Rathbone
November 2021
Beginner
464 pages
11h 49m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 7

Finding the Lost

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Finding currently running apps and programs

Bullet Finding lost desktop windows and files

Bullet Finding lost programs, emails, songs, photos, and documents

Bullet Finding other computers on a network

Sooner or later, Windows gives you that head-scratching feeling. “Gosh,” you say as you drum nervous fingers, “that stuff was right there a second ago. Where did it go?”

When Windows starts playing hide-and-seek, this chapter tells you where to search and how to make it stop playing foolish games.

Finding Currently Running Apps and Programs

The Windows desktop lets you run apps and programs in windows, keeping everything neatly self-contained. But even then, those windows tend to overlap, hiding the ones beneath.

How do you find and return to an app or program you just used? How do you easily jump between them, perhaps glancing at a report while creating a spreadsheet?

Windows offers a quick solution to the problem: It can clear the screen, shrink all your running apps and programs into miniature windows, and show you the lineup, as displayed in Figure 7-1

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