To start a program

Click Start, and then click the program you want to open. To open a program you do not see on the Start menu, point to All Programs, and then navigate through the menus to the program you want and click it. When you open the program, Windows automatically displays it on the Start menu.

Note

After you start a program, a button representing the program appears on the taskbar To switch from one running program to another, click its taskbar button.

If a program does not appear on the Start menu or one of its submenus, you can perform a search for it. For more information, click Related Topics

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Related Topics

Search for a file or folder

Add selected items to the Start menu

Show your most recently used documents on the Start menu

Start menu overview


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