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Tip

If you’re not in the mood to use a shortcut menu, then just left-drag an icon while pressing Alt. A
shortcut appears instantly. (And if your Alt key is missing or broken—hey, it could happen—then
drag while pressing Ctrl+Shift instead.)

Figure 3-10. Left: You can distinguish a desktop shortcut from its original in two ways. First, the tiny
arrow “badge” identifies it as a shortcut; second, its name contains the word “Shortcut.”

Right: The Properties dialog box for a shortcut indicates which actual file or folder this one “points”
to. The Run drop-down menu lets you control how the window opens when you double-click the
shortcut icon.

Copy an icon, as described earlier in this chapter. Open the

destination window; then, on the Ribbon’s Home tab, click “Paste
shortcut.”