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In Windows 10, the blue line beneath the iconВ indicates the program is minimized. The icons of open programs will appear to the right of the pinned programs. You can customize which programs are pinned to the taskbar by opening a program, then right-clicking on the programвЂ™s taskbar icon and selecting вЂњPin to Taskbar.вЂќ You can also unpin pinned programs by right-clicking the programвЂ™s icon and selecting вЂњUnpin from Taskbar.вЂќ Programs can be pinned to the taskbar so that they are quicker to get to: you can open a pinned program simply by clicking on it. The Start menu can also be opened by pressing the Windows key ( ) on the keyboard. The appearance of the Start button varies between versions, but it is always the left-most button of the taskbar.

Clicking and dragging this button will change the size of the window. If the window is already maximized, clicking this button will resize the window to be smaller. Maximize/resize.В Clicking this button will maximize the window so it takes up the whole screen.A minimized window is no longer visible but still running. Minimize.В Minimizing a program means making the program вЂњcollapseвЂќ into the taskbar.If the window is not maximized, you can click and drag the title bar to move the window. This shows the title of the program (in this case, Notepad) and has the minimize, maximize/resize, and close buttons.

The options contained in this toolbar vary greatly from program to program.

Windows computers have this bar at the top of windows Macs have this bar at the top of the screen instead.

Menu bar.В This toolbar contains various commands that often lead to dialog menus (covered later on this page).