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Lock. This command takes you back to the Lock screen described

at the beginning of this chapter. This is an ideal way to protect your
PC from nosy people who wander by your desk while you’re away.

Sign out. When you choose “Sign out,” Windows presents a new

sign-in screen so somebody else can sign in. Whatever you had
running remains open behind the scenes. When you sign in again,
you’ll find all your open programs and documents exactly as you

left them.

[Other account names.] The drop-down menu concludes with the

names of other account holders on this PC. It lets other people dive
directly into their own accounts without having to sign you off
first.

Settings ( )

Adjusting the settings and preferences of your PC is about six steps quicker
now, since Settings is listed right here in the Start menu. Chapter 7 covers

Settings in absurd detail.

Power ( )

Hard though it may be to believe, there may come a day when you want to

shut down or restart your computer. See “Shutting Down”.

How to Customize the Places List

You can add other important folders to the places list, following the steps

shown in Figure 1-6. These are some of your options:

File Explorer. This icon in the places column represents the File

Explorer “app”: the standard desktop window, which shows the
contents of your drives and folders.

Personal folder. Windows keeps all your stuff—your files,
folders, email, pictures, music, bookmarks, even settings and