Ten ways to launch a program
- From the Start Menu Run
box
- Click the ‘Start’
button
- Select ‘Run’
- Type the name of the
program in the ‘Open:’ line – example notepad
- Click OK
- From the Start Menu
‘All Programs’ button
- Click the ‘Start’
button
- Click ‘All Programs’
- Find the desired
program
- Click on the program
- From the Start
Menu
- Click the ‘Start’
button
- Click the desired
program
- From a desktop Icon
- Find the program icon
- Double click the
program icon
- From the Quick Launch
Bar
- Find the program icon
in the quick start tray at the bottom of the desktop.
- Click the program icon
- From Windows Explorer
- Open Windows Explorer
– Right click the Start button; click ‘Explore’
- Find the program –
programs are called “applications”
- Double click the
program Icon
- From file association
- Find the data file you
want to open using Explorer (above) or the Search function (below)
- Double-click the
file. Windows will launch the
program needed to open that particular file
- From Search Results
- Click the start button
- Click ‘Search’
- Select ‘all files and folders’ (or ‘files or
folders’)
- Find the program –
programs are called “applications”
- Double click the
program icon
- Auto Launch
- Program launches
automatically when the computer is started, or
- Launches at programmed
intervals.
- From DOS Command Line
(not covered)
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