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Getting to Know the Windows® XP Operating System
Lesson 12: Removing objects from the desktop
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The icon disappears, but, with the operating system, it is
not really gone. It is merely set aside in the Recycle Bin
so that you can restore or delete it later.
2 Repeat step 1 for any other icons you created during this
tutorial.
Each icon disappears as you drop it on the Recycle Bin.
3 Double-click the Recycle Bin icon.
The operating system opens the Recycle Bin window.
Notice that all the icons you dropped on the Recycle Bin
are listed.
Sample Recycle Bin window
4 To completely remove an object, select it, and then click
File, Delete.
The Confirm File Delete window appears.
5 Click Yes to permanently delete the file.
The object is permanently deleted from the Recycle Bin.
Later on—in your real work, not in this tutorial—you will use
the Recycle Bin to delete other objects such as folders,