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Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System
Lesson 12: Removing objects from the desktop
5.375 x 8.375 ver 2.4.0
1 Click the New Folder icon you created, drag it until it is
over the Recycle Bin icon and it changes color, then
release the primary button.
The icon disappears, but it has 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 remove the file.
The object is permanently deleted from the Recycle Bin.