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that’s not listed here. Either way, the beauty is that you can move

or copy icons without having to open and position the destination
window.

Delete. The pop-up menu offers two commands: “Recycle” (moves

the selected icon to the Recycle Bin) and “Permanently delete”
(deletes the file forever without its usual stop in the Recycle Bin).
The third item, “Show recycle confirmation,” isn’t a command—

it’s an on/off switch for the “Are you sure?” message that usually
appears when you put something into the Recycle Bin.

Rename. Opens the selected icon’s name-editing box.

New Folder. Makes a new, empty folder in the current window,
ready for you to name and fill up with icons.

New item. Here’s a catch-all drop-down menu that lists new things
you might want to create in the open window: a new folder, a

shortcut (Figure 3-9), a contact (that is, a new person page in the
People app), a Microsoft Word document, a Journal document, a

text document, a compressed (zipped) folder, and so on. You may
see different items here, since different programs can modify this
menu to make your life more convenient.

Easy access. Here’s an even more miscellaneous drop-down menu
of commands; all apply to icons you’ve selected in the window. To
understand “Map as drive,” read “For Further Study”. “Include in

library” adds the selected icon to one of your libraries, which are
described in a free PDF appendix to this book. See “Libraries” on

the Missing CD at missingmanuals.com.

The remaining commands—“Always available offline,” “Sync,”
and “Work offline”—pertain to the offline files feature described
on “Putting Files onto OneDrive”.

Properties. This button/menu offers two options: “Properties”
opens the selected icon’s Properties dialog box, where you can read

a wealth of detail about its size, type, and so on. “Remove