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There, in all its majesty, is the secret utility menu. It’s seething with

shortcuts to toys for the technically inclined. Some are especially useful to
have at your mousetip:

System opens a window that provides every possible detail about
your machine.

Desktop offers one-click teleportation back to your desktop from
within whatever program you’re using.

Task Manager. Huge. This special screen (“When Programs Die:

The Task Manager”) is your lifeline when a program seems to be
locked up. Thanks to the Task Manager, you can quit that app and
get on with your life.

Note

To the dismay of the technically inclined, Microsoft has made two changes to the power users’
menu. First, the Control Panel is no longer listed. (Microsoft’s feeling is that the much cleaner-
looking Settings app houses almost everything you’d ever want to change. If you disagree, you
can still open the Control Panel—type contr into the Start menu’s search box, for example.)

Second, the Command prompt is no longer in the power users’ menu. It’s been replaced by
something called Microsoft PowerShell.

All you have to know is that a) the Command prompt is still available, b) you can bring it back to
the power users’ menu, and c) PowerShell is basically the same thing, only much more recent and
powerful. See “On-Screen Keyboard” for details on all this stuff.