Learning the Basics
How to Start a Program
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Starting an MS-DOS program from a system prompt is a little
more complex. To start an MS-DOS program, see “Starting an
MS-DOS Program” on page 81.
Starting a Program from an Icon
To start a program from an icon, follow these steps, which use the
Windows 95 Wordpad program as an example:
1 Click Start, then point to Programs.
Windows 95 displays the Programs menu.
2 Point to Accessories.
Windows 95 displays the Accessories menu.
3 Click Wordpad.
Windows 95 opens Wordpad. Wordpad is a text editor—a
scaled-down word processor without the frills.
That’s really all there is to it. To close Wordpad, click the close
button at the upper right corner of the window.
Starting a Program from the Explorer
These steps demonstrate how to start a program if it is not in the
Start menu. To use this method, you need to know the file name
and directory of the program you want to start.
This example, like the one above, opens Wordpad, using its file
name of WORDPAD.EXE.
To start a program from the Explorer, follow these steps:
1 Click Start, then point to Programs.
2 Click Windows Explorer.
Windows 95 opens the Explorer.
3 In the left part of the screen, under the C: icon, double-
click Program Files.
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