Running Applications

There are several ways to start applications in Windows 95:

• Click the Start button, point to Applications, point to the folder that contains the application, and then click the application's name.
• In My Computer or Windows Explorer, double-click the application's icon.
• Click the Start button, click Run, and then type the path and filename for the application's executable file.
• Right-click the desktop, point to New, and then click Shortcut. Use the Create Shortcut wizard to create a shortcut to applications. To start the application, double-click the shortcut icon on the desktop.
• In My Computer or Windows Explorer, click the icon, click the File menu, and then click Open. Or right-click the application's icon, and then click Open.
• Click the Start button, and then click Run. Drag an executable file from My Computer, Windows Explorer, or Network Neighborhood into the Run dialog box. If there is already text in the Run dialog box, the executable file you drag into the dialog box (including the application's path or UNC name) is appended to the existing text.
• Use the Windows 3.1 Program Manager. For more information, see "Using the Windows 3.x Program Manager with Windows 95" later in this chapter.

To bring a running application to the foreground

• On the taskbar, click the button for the application.

  – Or –

  Press ALT+TAB until the icon for the application you want is selected.

Tip Instead of starting a popular Windows-based application to view a document, you can use Quick View. For example, if you are searching for a particular document, but aren't sure of its name, you can use Quick View to look at individual documents. When you find the document you're looking for, you can click the File menu in Quick View, and then click Open File For Editing. For more information, see online Help.