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Open new window. Creates a duplicate of the window you’re

browsing. (The submenu offers another “Open new window”
command, plus “Open new window in new process.” A process is
a computer’s train of thought. Hard-core PC geeks sometimes like
to open a new window, or a second copy of the same one, in a new

computer process in case the first one crashes. Not something
you’ll do every day.)

Open Windows PowerShell. PowerShell is a command console
and scripting language. If you’re a programmer, PowerShell lets
you write simple programs, called cmdlets (“commandlets”) that

can perform all kinds of automated drudgery for you: Copy or
move folders, manipulate files, open or quit programs, and so on.

You harness all this power by typing up scripts in PowerShell’s

command line interface (which means no mouse, no menus, no
windows—all text, like in the DOS days). In short, PowerShell is
not for the layperson. If you’re an ambitious layperson, however, a

Google search for PowerShell tutorial unveils all kinds of websites
that teach you, step by step, how to harness this very advanced

tool.

Note
This menu also used to include Command Prompt. If you prefer that older scripting environment
to PowerShell, you can bring it back to this menu. Open → → Personalization → Taskbar
and turn off “Replace Command Prompt with Windows PowerShell in the menu when I right-
click the start button or press Windows key+X.”

Options. Opens the Folder Options dialog box, covered in a PDF

appendix to this book. See “The ‘Folder Options’ Options” on the
Missing CD at missingmanuals.com.

Help. The Help command opens a Bing search. The About
Windows subcommand just opens a dialog box that identifies
which version of Windows you have.