Elements of the Windows Desktop

When you login a windows computer system, you will get dozens of applications, so you can choose any option of you requirements.
The desktop contains many of the options have shortcut icon readily available on your computer screen.

Examples:

• Start menu
• Icons
• Taskbar
• Notification
• Viewable toolbar

Start menu

It provides access to windows programs, documents, and information in the system.
The following list down the options that appear after clicking on the start menu.

Options	Descriptions
All programs	All programs option displays all those programs, which are installed in your system.
Log off	It helps a user to log off the currently logged in user of the screen.
Sleep	It makes the system non-functional.
Restart	Its function is to shut down and again start (log on) system.
Shut down	It simply shut down the system.
Settings	Settings has more options that helps to manage different settings of the computer system.
Hibernation	It puts the open programs and documents on hard disk and than turn off your computer, It uses very low power.
Help	It helps users to know how to do a particular task.
Run	It helps to start an application program.
Search	Search bar helps a user to find out any file in the system.
My computer	My computer displays the drive of computer where user keeps his/her works, folders, files, picture, song, video, document, etc.
Document	It displays a list of documents used by the user.
My music	It displays a list of the music/songs.
My picture	It displays a list of picture/images.
Recent file	It displays the recently used file by the user.
Printer	It displays the installed printers.
Control Panel	It displays all the installed software (computer programs).

Icons

It represents an object available to your computer.

Desktop

Desktop is workplace on the screen.

Desktop picture or Background

It displays the colours and graphics of your computer.

Notification area

It shows icons of various utilities. It was once called the Status stay.

Recycle bin

Recycle bin is a trash location where deleted file and folder remain stored. when you delete any sort of files, it gets stored automatically into recycle bin. however if you deleted file from recycle bin, then it delete from system permanently.

Taskbar

It contains related commands tools and programs currently running. It is commonly located in the lower right corner of the desktop.