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Here's How To Get To Your Applications Quicker To Save Some Time
Written by Bill Orion   
Friday, 04 June 2010 08:06
If you have a slow computer and want to make it faster there are many different things that you can do to either clean up your computer or "tune up" your computer but why not consider this - what if you could get to the applications and programs that you frequently use much quicker? How much time do you think you would save every day?
by BillOrion


If you have a slow computer and want to make it faster there are many different things that you can do to either clean up your computer or "tune up" your computer but why not consider this - what if you could get to the applications and programs that you frequently use much quicker? How much time do you think you would save every day?

At first it wouldn't seem like much but it would eventually add up as the day goes on, and it would also be a lot more convenient if you could almost instantly get to your applications quicker instead of having to look all over your desktop to find them.

Let's start with the quick launch (the quick launch is the group of icons that are right beside your start button). If you don't see a group of icons right beside your start menu, just right click on the taskbar and select Properties and then select Show Quick Launch. In order to do anything you are going to have to unlock the quick launch and to do that, just right click on the task bar and select Lock Taskbar. Now you should see dotted lines which will allow you to resize it. Now find the top 3 applications that you frequently use by going through your All Programs list in the start menu and right click on their icons and select Copy. Now go to your desktop, right click and select Paste. You should now see a copy of that icon on your desktop - just drag it into the quick launch area and the icon should be in bottom right hand corner next to the start menu (you can delete the shortcut that you copied to your desktop now since you will not be needing it). Now when you start up your computer or just log on you don't have to look all over the place those 3 programs - there right in front of you.

Now the next step is to work on your start menu. If you click on your start menu you will notice that there is a faint horizontal line on the left hand side. Everything that is above this line is permanent unless you manually remove them and below this line are programs that you have most recently used. Here is where you are going to add 3-5 programs you use often to the permanent part of the start menu (the top half). Just go to the All Programs on the start menu, right click on the program icon and select "Pin To Start Menu". This will then put it on the permanent part of the start menu so that you can quickly get to them without having to search around your messy desktop.

One more smaller thing that you can do is to just clean up your desktop of its unused icons. This may seem pointless, but dont underestimate an organized desktop - it will save you some time.

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