Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional in 10 Minutes
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Tell Us What You Think!
- About the Authors
- Introduction
- Conventions Used in This Book
- Lesson 1. Navigating Windows 2000 Professional
- Lesson 2. Working with a Window
- Lesson 3. Using Menus
- Lesson 4. Using Windows 2000 Professional Help
- Lesson 5. Using Dialog Boxes
- Lesson 6. Working with Multiple Windows and Applications
- Lesson 7. Copying, Moving, and Linking Between Windows and Applications
- Lesson 8. Using My Computer
- What Is My Computer?
- Browsing Folder Options
- The My Computer Menu
- The My Computer Toolbars
- Customizing View Columns
- Lesson 9. Managing Files with My Computer
- Lesson 10. Using WordPad
- Lesson 11. Understanding File Properties and the Recycle Bin
- Lesson 12. Printing
- Lesson 13. Using My Network Places
- Lesson 14. Using the Control Panel
- Lesson 15. Using Outlook Express Mail
- Lesson 16. Sharing Workstations and Setting Passwords
- Lesson 17. Using Internet Explorer 5
- Lesson 18. Web Site and Document Searching
- Lesson 19. Troubleshooting, Restarting, and Disaster Planning
- Lesson 20. Customizing the Windows 2000 Environment
The My Computer Toolbars
To see the Standard Buttons toolbar (see Figure 8.8), choose View, Toolbars, Standard Buttons from the menu. Table 8.3 provides a short description of each button.
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Figure 8.8 The My Computer Standard Buttons toolbar.
Table 8.3. The My Computer Toolbar Buttons
| Click | To |
| Back | Return to the previously opened folder. |
| Forward | Go to the next folder on the recently opened folder list. |
| Up | Go up one level in the folder hierarchy. |
| Search | Open the search box, allowing you to search for files or folders on your computer or on the network. |
| Folders | Open/close the Folders pane which displays as a pane in the left side of the My Computer window. |
| History | Open the History pane (displays in the left side of the My Computer window) listing recently opened files and folders. From here, you can reopen those files and folders. |
| Move To | Open the Browse for Folder dialog box where you select another drive or folder to relocate your currently selected file or folder. Copy To opens the Browse for Folder dialog box where you select another drive or folder to place a copy of your currently selected file or folder. |
| Delete | Remove a selected item from the folder and send it to the Recycle Bin. |
| Undo | Undo your last action. |
| Views | Cycle between the Large Icon, Small Icon, List, and Detail and Thumbnails views (click the down arrow next to views to select one of these views from a list or choose to view the folder as a Web page). |
The My Computer window also has an Address Bar, which lists the path of the current folder. To view another folder, enter the path in the Address box and press Enter. The Address Bar contains a list of all locations on your desktop. If your Address bar is not showing, choose View, Toolbars, Address Bar from the menu.
The Address Bar also lets you open programs by simply typing the path and filename of the executable file that starts the program (such as C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Winword.exe) and then pressing Enter.
If you're connected to an intranet or to the Web, enter the address of a Web page in the Address box (such as www.microsoft.com) and press Enter to open Internet Explorer and search for that page. When you use My Computer in conjunction with Internet Explorer, you might want to add the Links toolbar to your windows by choosing View, Toolbars, Links. The Links toolbar has buttons that act as shortcuts to Web pages. You don't have to open Internet Explorer first to open the Web pages available from the Links toolbar.
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