If you're looking for a file or folder, Windows 98 uses the word "Find." If you use Windows Me, however, you use "Search." To begin a search,
1. Right-click the Start button and click Find (or Search Now in Windows Me).
2. If you know the name of the file or folder, type the name in the "Named" field. (In Windows Me, use the "Search for files or folders named" field).
3. Click Find Now. (In Windows Me, click Search Now.)
Windows gives you a significant number of options to define your search strategy. You can search for multiple folders, files, or file types. Just separate their names by commas, as in
*.bat, *.sys, *.txt, deed?
When searching for files, folders, or types of files, you can type a partial name with wild cards. The wild cards are ? and *. The question mark stands for one letter and the asterisk stands for one or more letters. Following is a sampling of other Find options that you can enter in the Named field. (In Windows Me, it's the "Search for files or folders named" field.):
| * | All files and folders
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| *.* | All files and folders
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| *. | All files
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| . | No files or folders (A file can't be named "dot.")
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| .exe | No files or folders (because a filename cannot start with a period)
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| abc | All files and folders with abc in the name (including extensions)
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| exe | All files and folders with exe in the name or extension; most likely executable files
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| *.exe | All files with exe in the extension only
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| *abc* | All files and folders with abc in the name
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| *abc. | All files with abc as last letters in the name (not including extension)
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| *abc?. | All files with abc as second-to-last letters in the name (not including extension)
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| ?abc | All files and folders with abc as at least second letters in the name if not later.
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| | NOTE: abc stands for any number of letters.
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If you press the Ctrl button while you click the Maximize button in the upper-right corner of a folder or Explorer window, the window expands to full screen and the Taskbar disappears. When you have opened a window in full-screen mode, pressing Ctrl+Esc or the Windows key still displays the Start menu.
If Windows says that it doesn't have enough memory to do something and you're sure that your computer DOES have enough memory, check your Clipboard. If you copied a big picture to the Clipboard, press Delete to delete it; that picture may rob Windows of the memory that it needs to do something else.
If you have a really annoying program that you just do not want cluttering your Programs menu, then you can easily remove it. Right-click on your taskbar and choose Properties. Click the Advanced tab and click the Remove button. Now you can scroll down and delete to your heart's content. If you make a mistake and delete the wrong item, hit Ctrl-Z and it will pop right back.