Sue,
Do you have your start menu in XP set to the default, which is customized
menus? If stuff showing up on your start menu and never going away plagues
you it might be caused by that setting. The feature is supposed to give
you quick access to the things you most use or have most recently used by
placing them as shortcuts on the Start Menu. Deleting the shortcuts on the
start menu really has nothing to do with the files themselves.
If you want to change your computers behavior you can press windows key-m
to minimize all windows, tab to the start button if you aren't already on
it. Press Alt-Enter to get the properties for the taskbar and start menu.
Hit Control-Tab to get to the start menu tab. There are radio buttons with
two options "Start menu" and "Classic Start Menu" you want to choose
Classic Start Menu. Tab to Ok and press enter.
Telling you how to find attachments that you have saved is much more
tricky. If you can remember at least part of the name of the file
attachment you can either look around for it, or use the file finder. If
you are on the desktop or in windows Explorer you can bring it up by
pressing F3. I think you will probably have to choose the advanced button
to get the find dialog I have set as my default. I wish I could tell you
how at this moment, but I can't. I can tell you that you should type in
what you remember of the file name in the box that promps "type in all or
part of the file name" then tab twice to get to the "look in" box. Arrow
down to my computer and press enter. When you think it might be done
searching, shift-Tab until you get to the list view and see what was found.
Once you find your file you might want to move it to somewhere you can find
it, like my documents. Use shift-f10 or the applications key to bring up
the context menu and choose "send-to" and in that list you will find "My
documents" as well as several other places your computer thinks you might
often want to place files.
It is best to pay attention to where you are putting attachments when you
save them the first time. Just always remember to press Alt-I when in the
save dialog to see what folder it is going to save too. If you want to
change it then you can use it just as you would with any other save dialog.
Sarah Van Oosterwijck
Assistive Technology Trainer
http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity
----- Original Message -----
From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 3:10 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT question
KKellie,
Does that mean I will just have to look around? I had all of them on the
start menu but then got tired seeing them and deleted them. However, they
did not go to the recycle bin. <<lol>
Sue S.
----- Original Message ----- From: Kellie Hartmann To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 1:42 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT question
Hi Sue,
Well, once you've saved a mail attachment, there will be nothing specific to
distinguish it from other files unless you put something special in the file
name.
Kellie
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