Clicking on the sound icon in the system tray allows you to change the volume or mute your computer. In the screenshot above, the computer is connected to the internet with a cable wireless connection icons often look like a fan or a bar chart. This icon shows the status of your internet connection. Hover over the battery icon to see how much charge is left. Arrow. When clicked expands to show more system tray icons.In the screenshot above, from left to right in the system tray: The icons in the system tray vary widely from computer to computer depending on what programs are installed and what version of Windows you have, so do not worry if your system tray does not match the screenshots in this course or your classmates’ system trays. It displays the date and time and has icons that show helpful information related to computer and program functions.

The system tray is on the right side of the taskbar. In Windows 10, the blue line beneath the icon indicates the program is minimized. The icons of open programs will appear to the right of the pinned programs. You can customize which programs are pinned to the taskbar by opening a program, then right-clicking on the program’s taskbar icon and selecting “Pin to Taskbar.” You can also unpin pinned programs by right-clicking the program’s icon and selecting “Unpin from Taskbar.” Programs can be pinned to the taskbar so that they are quicker to get to: you can open a pinned program simply by clicking on it. The Start menu can also be opened by pressing the Windows key ( ) on the keyboard. The appearance of the Start button varies between versions, but it is always the left-most button of the taskbar. Clicking and dragging this button will change the size of the window. If the window is already maximized, clicking this button will resize the window to be smaller.

Maximize/resize. Clicking this button will maximize the window so it takes up the whole screen.

A minimized window is no longer visible but still running.

Minimize. Minimizing a program means making the program “collapse” into the taskbar.

If the window is not maximized, you can click and drag the title bar to move the window. This shows the title of the program (in this case, Notepad) and has the minimize, maximize/resize, and close buttons. The options contained in this toolbar vary greatly from program to program.

Windows computers have this bar at the top of windows Macs have this bar at the top of the screen instead. Menu bar. This toolbar contains various commands that often lead to dialog menus (covered later on this page).

Windows 10 opening multiple windows