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  2. Special folder - Wikipedia

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    The "Desktop" virtual folder is not the same thing as the "Desktop" special folder. The Desktop virtual folder is the root of the Windows Shell namespace, which contains other virtual folders. [5] As with Desktop, the "My Documents" virtual folder differs from the "My Documents" special folder. If the virtual folder variant is asked for, it ...

  3. List of alternative shells for Windows - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of software that provides an alternative graphical user interface for Microsoft Windows operating systems. The technical term for this interface is a shell. Windows' standard user interface is the Windows shell; Windows 3.0 and Windows 3.1x have a different shell, called Program Manager. The programs in this list do not restyle ...

  4. Features new to Windows XP - Wikipedia

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    With Windows XP, the Start button has an updated appearance and is larger, making it faster to mouse over to it and click it.To help the user access a wider range of common destinations more easily from a single location, the Start menu was expanded to two columns; the left column focuses on the user's installed applications, while the right column provides access to the user's documents, and ...

  5. List of features removed in Windows XP - Wikipedia

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    With the Desktop Themes utility in 2000 becoming the Themes tab in Display Properties in XP, the Rotate theme monthly option in Desktop Themes, which was introduced in Microsoft Plus! 98 and later included in Windows 2000 and Me, and both the options to select what parts of a theme to apply and the previews for parts of a theme were removed.

  6. Windows thumbnail cache - Wikipedia

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    A separate Thumbs.db file was created if Windows 2000 was installed on a FAT32 volume. Windows Me also created Thumbs.db files. [2] From Windows XP, thumbnail caching, and thus creation of Thumbs.db, can optionally be turned off. In Windows XP only, from Windows Explorer Tools Menu, Folder Options, by checking "Do not cache thumbnails" on the ...

  7. Add, rename, and change your toolbar icons in AOL Desktop ...

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    Add your favorite featured products or services to your Desktop Gold toolbar and they'll always be one click away. 1. Sign in to AOL Desktop Gold. 2. Click the Add a Favorite icon . 3. Left-click a product or service | Click Add to Toolbar. Want to make your toolbar stand out? Customize it by adding personalized labels and images. 1.

  8. Windows XP visual styles - Wikipedia

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    Windows Classic is a visual style that is built-in to the operating system, utilizing the classic Windows look-and-feel that was used in previous versions of Windows prior to Windows XP. Officially titled "Windows Classic style", it is less CPU-intensive and offers better performance [ 11 ] (which is also the reason why it is used by default on ...

  9. Export your AOL Desktop Gold data to another computer

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    Sign in to Desktop Gold. Click the Settings icon. While in General settings, click the My Data tab. Click Export. Choose a location to save the export file and click save. By default it will save the file in your My Documents folder named AOL Desktop Backup and the date the backup was created.