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Windows 3.x Tips & Tricks
Move a Window Around on Your
Desktop
Delete a Program Group
Make Icon Labels Appear on One Line
Highlight an Icon by Typing Its Name
Windows Off the Edge
of the Desktop?
Move Between Program Groups
With Your Keyboard
Reduce Program Installation
Problems
Create Your Own File Extension Associations
Move
a Window Around on Your Desktop
Any window opening up in 3.x can be moved. If you don't like
it's position, simply click on the title bar at the top of the
window, and drag it to where you want it. You'll see a dotted
outline of the window as you're dragging it, and when you let
go of the button, it will snap into its new position.
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Delete
a Program Group
When you remove a program, you also have to delete its icon
from the Program Group's window, and then the actual Program
Group. In Program Manager, click the program icon you want to
delete, then click File on the Menu Bar, choose Delete, then
click OK. Continue until all icons are deleted. When the group
window is empty, select File, Delete, and click OK. The group
will be deleted.
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Make
Icon Labels Appear on One Line
If you don't like icon labels taking up two or three lines,
you can get them to appear on one line. Click on Control Panel,
then double-click the Desktop icon. Uncheck 'Wrap Title', then
click OK. Now your icons should display one-line labels.
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Highlight
an Icon by Typing Its Name
When a Program Group window is active (clicked) you can highlight
a program's icon simply by typing the first letter of its name.
If more than one program starts with the same letter then keep
typing letters until the icon is highlighted. You can then start
the program just by pressing ENTER.
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Windows
Off the Edge of the Desktop?
Every now and then, a program's window can end up off the side
of the desktop. Sometimes they can be just visible, but you
can't quite grab them with the mouse to pull them back. Other
times you know there open, but they're right off the edge of
the screen.
Minimize any open windows, then press CTRL + ESC. This opens
the Task List. Click on the Tile or Cascade button, and the
roving window will pop back onto the desktop.
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Move
Between Program Groups With Your Keyboard
By holding down the CTRL key and pressing TAB repeatedly, you
can move the highlight from one program group to another. Hold
down the SHIFT key while pressing TAB and the highlight will
move in the opposite direction.
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Reduce
Program Installation Problems
When installing new programs in Windows 3.1, make sure all other
programs are shut down, including TSRs and anti-virus programs.
The installation will run faster, and there will be less chance
of freeze-ups and problems with shared files.
In File Manager, click on File then Run. In
the text box (Command Line), type the drive letter you're installing
from and the name of the installation program. (eg. a:\install).
When you press ENTER, the program will install on your computer.
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Create
Your Own File Extension Associations
When an association is created with a file extension (such as
'.wp'), just double-clicking on the file will open it in the
associated program. If you make up your own file extension,
such as '.wpt' for 'weekly report', you can create your own
association. In File Manager, click 'File', then click 'Associate'.
In the Associate dialog box, type your new file extension in
the 'Files With Extension' field. Use the scroll bar to find
and highlight the application that belongs to the file, then
click OK. Be sure to use the new file extension with just that
one program.
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