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Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System
Lesson 6: Starting programs
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This lesson teaches you how to launch programs from the
Start menu, using two of the programs that are built into the
Windows
®
XP operating system: Paint and Windows
®
Explorer.
To launch the Paint program:
1 Click Start, then point to All Programs.
2 Click Accessories.
3 Click Paint.
The operating system opens Paint—a basic drawing
program.
Sample Paint window
To launch Windows
®
Explorer:
1 Click Start, then point to All Programs.
2 Click Windows Explorer.
The operating system opens Windows
®
Explorer, which
provides access to all your computer’s resources. For
example, it lets you see all the files in a particular folder
on the computer’s hard disk.