Web apps are an essential part of most people’s workflow, whether it’s writing an email in Gmail or editing a spreadsheet in Excel Online. It’s handy to have all your stuff in the cloud, for sure, but ...

3. Select the “Pin this program to taskbar” option. Your app will now be pinned to the taskbar for more convenient access. If you use Word a lot (like me), can’t get enough of PowerPoint, or maybe you ...

August 12, 2011 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Click on the program's shortcut icon and hold down the mouse button as you drag it from the desktop or the Start ...

When you install an application on your Windows computer, the program’s executable file goes to the C: drive by default or a custom install location you select. To open this app, you must find it in ...

Pinning the Google Chrome icon to your desktop taskbar will help you launch this browser quickly. Windows 8 includes an option to pin application icons and keep them visible on the taskbar even when ...

If you look at the bottom of your screen you should now have a new icon representing the site you are on. You can hold down the left mouse button and drag the icon around, moving it left and right and ...

The desktop in the Windows 8 beta offers no Start button and a few shortcuts. How can you easily populate it with your favorite programs? Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and ...

You need to learn how to create shortcuts in Windows 10. Without them, you will waste time searching for your favorite apps, programs, games and settings in your PC’s menus. Creating shortcuts in ...

I was able to create a "Games" shortcut on my Win7 desktop and then pin that to the taskbar following a guide here and it works fine. I click the entry on my taskbar and the "Games" window opens. What ...

Microsoft took a gamble when it launched Windows 8 and made the Modern interface so prominent. Many users reacted negatively, and Microsoft has subsequently made three major revisions to Windows 8.