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THAT RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON
Windows 3.x didn't make much use of the
secondary mouse button (which is usually your right one,
unless you are left-handed and you have gone to the
trouble of switching the use of the two buttons.) But the
same certainly cannot be said of Windows 95. It seems you
can right-click just about anywhere and you get something
to do. Generally your options are presented to you in
what is called a "context menu".
Right click any place on the background of your desktop,
not too near an icon or the Taskbar, and you get a menu
which allows you to create a new folder, file, or
shortcut on the desktop; arrange the icons so they line
up; or open the Display Properties dialog.
Right click on the Taskbar, and your options include:
open the property sheet for the Taskbar; making the
currently open windows on the desktop arrange themselves
so they cascade (fit one behind another so that you see
just enough of the ones behind the topmost one to allow
you to click on the visible part, which will bring it to
the top); or you can arrange the windows so they tile
either vertically or horizontally; you can also minimize
all open windows (they collapse onto the taskbar, leaving
you with your Desktop visible); if you have just done
this, then you get the option of undoing that instead.
Right click the date on the Taskbar and you can
additionally modify the date and time. Right click the
Start button and you can: open the Start Menu folder with
the Programs folder icon displayed; open Explorer with
the Programs folder in the right pane; or find a file,
starting in the Start Menu folder.
Right click My Computer and you are presented with these
options: start up a My Computer folder window; open
Explorer; bring up the System Properties sheets. Right
click a file or document icon and you get presented with
a number of possible actions, including delete, copy,
cut, rename, and if there is an associated Quick View
option this is included also. Right click a shortcut and
you get a context menu similar to what you get when you
right click whatever the target of the shortcut is.
Right click the title bar in an active application and
you get the system menu, which usually contains options
for moving, re-sizing, and closing the application.
One of the options available when you right click on a
file icon is "open", which means start up an
associated program to display it. If the file is one of
the registered file types for Windows 95, you can hold
down the shift key while you right click, and then
another option is presented on the menu: Open With, which
allows you to open the file with an application other
than that which is standardly associated with it.
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