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properties” strips all that stuff out of a file, usually because you’re

about to send it to somebody and don’t want them to know about
its revision history, modification dates, and so on.

Tip
You can just click the icon to open the Properties dialog box. That is, you don’t actually have to
choose from the submenu.

Open. Do you really need a button that opens the selected icon?
Yes, if it’s a type of file that more than one program can open. For

example, suppose you have a picture file. Do you want to open it in
Photoshop or in the Photos app? This pop-up menu changes to
reflect the programs that are capable of opening the selected icon.

Edit. This button opens the highlighted icon in the first program
Windows finds that can edit that file type.

History. This button opens a window that tracks the file’s editing
history. It’s an essential part of the File History feature described
on “Turning System Restore Off”; it lets you rewind a certain

document to an earlier version.

Select all, Select none. As you’d guess, these commands highlight
all the icons in the window, or none of them.

Invert selection. This command swaps what you’ve selected. In
other words, if you’ve highlighted files A and B (but not C and D),

then this command highlights files C and D and deselects A and B.

Share Tab

This tab offers a full line of controls for sharing the icons in the window—

via email, fax, printer, or other people on your network.