Chapter 7
Finding the Lost
IN THIS CHAPTER
Finding currently running apps and programs
Finding lost desktop windows and files
Finding lost programs, emails, songs, photos, and documents
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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