Lecture 6 : Task Bar and Start Menu

Lecture 6 : Task Bar and Start Menu

Whenever you open a program, folder, or file, Windows creates a corresponding button on the middle section of the taskbar, the button shows an icon that represents the open program. In the picture below, two programs are open (Calculator and Minesweeper game) and each has its own button on the taskbar.

If a taskbar button is highlight, this indicates that it is the active window, meaning that it s in front of any other open windows and is ready for you to interact with. To switch to another window, click its taskbar button.
When a window is active (its taskbar button is highlighted), clicking its taskbar button minimizes the window. That means that the window disappears from the desktop. Minimizing a window doesn t close it or delete its contents because it has a button on the taskbar, it temporarily removes it from the desktop.