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Right-click the window’s title bar (top edge), and choose Close

from the shortcut menu. (Touchscreen: Hold your finger down on
the title bar instead.)

In a File Explorer window, choose File → Close. That works in

most other programs, too.

Quit the program you’re using, sign off, or shut down the PC.

Be careful. In many programs, including most web browsers, closing the
window also quits the program entirely.

Hiding All Windows but One

If you’ve become fond of minimizing windows—and why not?—then
you’ll love this trick. If you give your window’s title bar a rapid back-and-

forth shake, you minimize all other windows. The one you shook stays right
where it was (Figure 2-2).

Tip

This shaking business makes a snazzy YouTube demo video, but it’s not actually the easiest way
to isolate one window. If the window you want to focus on is already the frontmost window, then
you can just press +Home to achieve the same effect. Press that combo a second time to restore
all the minimized windows.

Handily enough, you can bring all the hidden windows back again, just by
giving the hero window another title-bar shake.