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Access Your Desktop Files, Internet Favorites, Folders, and Websites from the Windows Taskbar [How To]
On March - 23 - 2012ADD COMMENTS
![taskbar toolbars01 Access Your Desktop Files, Internet Favorites, Folders, and Websites from the Windows Taskbar [How To]](http://mintywhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/taskbar-toolbars01.png "taskbar-toolbars01")
If you want quick access to the items on your desktop, any website, or you Internet Explorer favorites, you can add them to your Windows taskbar. Learn, in this guide how to add these toolbars and how to create a custom toolbar.
Replace Windows Alert Sounds with Visual Cues [How To]
On March - 22 - 2012ADD COMMENTS
![Sounds Replace Windows Alert Sounds with Visual Cues [How To]](http://mintywhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Sounds.png "Windows Sounds")
If your hearing isn’t what it used to be or you’re in a noisy environment, you may find you’re not hearing audible notifications when you’re using Windows. If, when a sound would normally notify you, you’d like to be visually notified, you can turn on visual cues alongside audio cues.
What Resolution is My Screen Running? (Desktop Wallpaper) [Beginner Tip]
On March - 21 - 20121 COMMENT
![342 What Resolution is My Screen Running? (Desktop Wallpaper) [Beginner Tip]](http://mintywhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/342.png "Windows Screen Resolution")
If you’re looking for desktop wallpaper, the best way to make sure you’re getting wallpaper that will fit, not blur, and show the complete image is to get wallpaper at the right resolution.
What is Resolution?
Screens are made up of tiny addressable squares or pixels. If you look closely at your monitor, you’ll see these tiny squares made up of (usually) Red, Green, and Blue lines. The Red, Green, and Blue lights mix to produce a colored light; the collection of these colors work like a huge patchwork quilt to produce the image you’re looking at right now.
Resolution is the number of these pixels wide by the number of pixels high that your screen displays.
i.e. 1920 x 1080 resolution is 1,980 pixels wide and 1,080 pixels high and is referred to as “nineteen twenty by ten eighty.”
Create a Shortcut to a Program or Folder on Your Desktop or Start Menu [Beginner Tip]
On March - 20 - 2012ADD COMMENTS
![178 Create a Shortcut to a Program or Folder on Your Desktop or Start Menu [Beginner Tip]](http://mintywhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/178.png "Windows Desktop")
Most programs put a shortcut on your start menu or desktop when they’re installed. However, if you accidentally remove this shortcut or need to create a shortcut to a commonly used folder, this guide will show you the basics:
- Create a shortcut on your desktop
- Create a shortcut on the start menu
Run Windows Explorer in Full Screen Mode [Quick Tip]
On March - 19 - 2012ADD COMMENTS
If you want the maximum viewing area in Windows Explorer, simply press the F11 key (or hold CTRL when you click the maximize button—if not already maximized.)
To return to the normal view, press the F11 key a second time.
![maximize windows explorer Run Windows Explorer in Full Screen Mode [Quick Tip]](http://mintywhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/maximize-windows-explorer.png "maximize-windows-explorer")
The F11 key is also be used for full-screen mode in popular web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome.
Download Shortcuts to Useful Windows Applications
On March - 19 - 20123 COMMENTS
Recently, we updated our guide on run commands to open Windows applications. If you don’t want to use the list (or commit it to memory), I’ve put together a zip file with useful Windows shortcuts. You can add one or all of these to your desktop for easy access:
