MODULE 2: WINDOWS

UNIT 2: THE OVERVIEW OF THE WINDOWS 10

OPERATING SYSTEM

Lecturer: M.S. Phạm Thanh Tùng

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CONTENT OF THE LECTURE
desktop INTERFACE advanced search/QUERY

1 DESKTOP INTERFACE 5 ADVANCED SEARCH/QUERY

TASKBAR Built-in apps

2 TASKBAR 6 BUILT-IN APPS

Control panel

3 CONTROL PANEL

File explorer

4 FILE EXPLORER

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DESKTOP INTERFACE

Open Desktop Interface

Maximize or minimize all task
windows:
❑ Use key combination Windows + D
❑ Click Show Desktop button at the
bottom left corner of the taskbar

Refresh: Press F5 key or use key

combination Ctrl + R to refresh current
window.

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DESKTOP INTERFACE

Open Context menu for each object

❑ Use key combination Shift + F10

❑ Right-click on the object

❑ If the object has the Properties option in

the context menu, use key combination
Alt + Enter to open the Properties dialog
box

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DESKTOP INTERFACE

Enter the lock-screen mode

❑ Use key combination Windows + L

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DESKTOP INTERFACE

Working with task window

❑ The window has three display operation
modes: Maximize, Minimize and Close. Minimize Maximize Close

❑ Use key combination Alt + F4 to close the

window.
❑ Use key combination Windows + M to
minimize all active windows (tasks).
❑ Use key combination Windows + Home to
maximize/minimize all active windows
except the current window.

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DESKTOP INTERFACE

Working with task window

❑ Use key combination Windows + Arrow Key
(Left/Right/Up/Down Arrow) to move the current
window to the desired position:
o Left/Right Arrow: Move window left/right.
o Up/Down Arrow: Move window up (maximize)/
down (minimize).

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DESKTOP INTERFACE

Customize the Desktop interface

❑ Show/Hide Recycle Bin:
Open Desktop’s Context menu > Personalize
> Themes > Desktop icon settings
❑ Customize display resolution:
Open Desktop’s Context menu > Display
settings > Display resolution

Desktop icon settings dialog box

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DESKTOP INTERFACE

Using Magnifier program

❑ Find the Magnifier program in the Search box on the taskbar.
❑ Use key combination Windows + Plus(+) to zoom in the screen.
❑ Use key combination Windows + Minus(-) to zoom out the screen.
❑ Use key combination Windows + Esc to close Magnifier program.

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DESKTOP INTERFACE

View computer information

Open DirectX Diagnostic Tool
❑ Open Run dialog box or search
in the Search box of the
taskbar with keyword: dxdiag
❑ Click the Save All Information
button when you want to save
information as a Notepad file.

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DESKTOP INTERFACE

Open the virtual keyboard application

Open the virtual keyboard application On-Screen Keyboard:
❑ Use key combination Windows + Ctrl + O
❑ Search box of the taskbar.
❑ Run the application with Run dialog box with keyword: osk.exe

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TASKBAR

Start menu, Quick link menu and Search box

❑ Press Windows key or click Start button or use key
combination Ctrl + Esc to open the Start menu.
❑ Right-click Start button or use key combianation Windows +
X to open the Quick link menu.
❑ Use key combianation Windows + S or Windows + Q to select
the Search box.
Quick link menu

Start Button Search Box Cortana Task View Taskbar Button Notification Area

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TASKBAR

Task View
❑ Click the Task View button on the taskbar or use key combianation
Windows + Tab to open Task View.
❑ Use key combianation Alt + Tab to quickly open each active task in turn.
❑ Use key combianation Windows + T to select task buttons on the taskbar.

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TASKBAR

Task Manager
❑ Right-click on the taskbar, then select Task Manager option.
❑ Use key combianation Ctrl + Shift + Esc

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TASKBAR

Some key combinations with the Windows key

❑ Windows + I:
Open Settings.
❑ Windows + C:
Open Cortana box.
Run dialog box
❑ Windows + R:
Open Run dialog box.
Settings Window
❑ Windows + A:
Open Action center.
Action Center

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CONTROL PANEL

Control Panel window

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CONTROL PANEL

Edit and format date and time in Windows

❑ Date and Time: Edit date and time
❑ Region: Date and time format
o d, dd: Day of month (1-31, 01-31)
o ddd, dddd: Day of week (Sun, Sunday)
o M, MM: Numeric month (1-12, 01-12)
o MMM, MMMM: Month name (Jan, January)
o yy, yyyy: Year (23, 2023)
o h, hh: 12-Hours (1-12, 01-12)
o H, HH: 24-Hours (0-23, 00-23)
o m, mm: Minute (0-59, 00-59)
o s, ss: Second (0-59, 00-59)
o tt: AM/PM
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FILE EXPLORER

File Explorer
Toolbar Ribbon Address bar Refesh Search box
❑ File Explorer is
software used to
manage files and
folders in the
Windows OS. Back, Forward
and Up button

Navigation Pane

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FILE EXPLORER

File
❑ A file is a unit used to store data on computer storage devices.
❑ A filename is the name used to uniquely identify a file within the file
system. A filename includes:
o name – base name of the file
o extension – represent the format of the file
For example, .msi (Microsoft installer), .pdf (Portable Document Format)
❑ A filename cannot contain any of the following characters: \ / : * ? “ < > |
❑ Size is the current size of the file in bytes, kilobytes, …
❑ Location is the folder path containing the file.

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FILE EXPLORER

Folder
❑ A folder is an item used to store files or other folders.
❑ Folders are hierarchical to form a folder tree structure.
In Windows OS, the highest-ranking folder in the folder tree is called the disk, denoted
by an alphabet letter followed by a colon.
For example, the disk is named D, symbolized as D:
❑ Path is a string of characters used to uniquely identify a location in a folder
structure.
In Windows OS, the backslash character \ is used to separate directories in the path.
For example, D:\informatics\windows\folder

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FILE EXPLORER

Shortcut
❑ A shortcut is a reference link to a folder or file.
❑ Shortcut is a type of file and its extension name is .lnk (link).
❑ Shortcut has an icon that resembles the file or folder it refers to along with
an arrow symbol in the left bottom corner.

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FILE EXPLORER

General operations in File Explorer

❑ Use key combianation Windows + E to open the File Explorer
❑ Use key combianation Alt + Left Arrow or press Backspace key to return
the previously opened folder – Back button
❑ Use key combianation Alt + Right Arrow to return to the folder visited
before clicking the Back button – Forward button
❑ Use key combianation Alt + Up Arrow to move up one folder in the path, it
means that move to the folder containing the current folder.

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FILE EXPLORER

General operations in File Explorer

❑ Use key combianation Ctrl + F1 to show/hide the Ribbon interface.
❑ Press F3 key or use key combianation Ctrl + F or Ctrl + E to select the
search box.
❑ Press F4 key to select the address bar.
❑ Use key combianation Alt + D to select (highlight) the entire path in the
address bar.
❑ Use key combianation Ctrl + N to open a new window with the same path
as the current window.

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General operations in File Explorer

❑ Use key combianation Ctrl + Shift + N to create a new folder.
❑ Press and hold key combianation Ctrl + Shift, then drag and drop selected
items to create new shortcuts.
❑ Use key combianation Alt + Enter to open Properties dialog box of a
selected item.
❑ Use key combianation Ctrl + A to select all items.
❑ Press and hold Ctrl key to select discrete or non-consecutive items.
❑ Press and hold Shift key to select consecutive items.

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FILE EXPLORER

General operations in File Explorer

❑ Press F2 key to rename selected item.
❑ Use key combianation Ctrl + C to select items in copy mode.
❑ Use key combianation Ctrl + X to select items in move mode.
❑ Use key combianation Ctrl + V to paste selected items in copy or move mode.
❑ Use key combianation Ctrl + Z to undo an action.
❑ Use key combianation Ctrl + Y to return to the previous undo state (redo).
❑ Use key combianation Ctrl + D or press Delete key to delete the selected items, which
means moving them to the Recycle Bin.
❑ Use key combianation Shift + Delete to delete selected items from the disk.

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FILE EXPLORER

Show/Hide extension of files and Hidden attribute of items

❑ File name extensions.
❑ Hidden items.
❑ Options: Open Folder Options dialog box.

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ADVANCED SEARCH/QUERY

Advanced query: Search by identifier name

❑ Search without using keywords, search by name of items (files, folders);
The search string is case-insensitive.
❑ File extension names are counted as one word.

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ADVANCED SEARCH/QUERY

Advanced query: Search by identifier name

❑ Use {starting characters of a word or whole word (1)} to find items.
❑ Use the AND operator or space character to separate {(1)} words without ordering to find
items that contain all {(1)} words.
❑ Use the OR operator to separate {(1)} words without ordering to find items that contain at least
one of the {(1)} words.
❑ Use double quotes “ ” to contain {phrase (2)} to find items whose names contain the exact
words in the order in {(2)} phrase.
❑ Use parentheses ( ) to contain {(1)} words to find items whose names contain in any order in
{(1)} phrase.
Each word in {(2)} phrase counts as a whole word.
❑ Use the NOT operator to negate the clause behind (left side) of NOT.
❑ Both {(1)} words and {(2)} phrases can be applied as values ​in keyword syntax.
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ADVANCED SEARCH/QUERY

Advanced query: Search by identifier name

❑ Use an asterisk character * to represent any number of characters (a
natural number).
For example, find all files with .TXT extension: *.TXT
❑ The asterisk character can be used with double quotes.
For example, find all items whose names have words starting with the
letter A and words ending with the letter Z: “A*Z”

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Advanced query: Search by identifier name

❑ Use question mark characters ? to represent characters:
o If at the beginning of the search string, the question mark represents
zero characters or a number of any characters equal to the number of
question mark characters used.
o If at the end of the search string, the question mark represents zero or
all remaining characters of the search string regardless of how many
question marks are used.
o If in the middle of the search string, a question mark represents any
single character.

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Advanced query: Use keywords

❑ Keywords must be lowercase.
❑ Values is case-insensitive.
❑ Operators must capitalize all letters such as NOT, AND, OR.
❑ Syntax:
keyword:Value
For example, find all items that are folders or folder shortcuts: kind:folder

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Advanced query: Use keywords

❑ Use keyword kind To find items by general taxonomy, commonly used
values ​are:
o folder: folders, folder shortcuts and compressed files
o link: shortcuts
o document: any type of file with text that can be highlighted
o picture, video, music, program
❑ Use keyword ext to find files by name extension.

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Advanced query: Use keywords

❑ Use keyword size to find files by size.
❑ Use keyword date or datecreated to find items by creation date.
❑ Use keyword modified or datemodified to find items by last modified date.
❑ Use keyword before to find items with a modified date before the date
entered.
❑ Use keyword after to find items with a modified date after the date
entered.

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Advanced query: Use keywords

❑ Keywords searched by date (date, datecreated, modified, datemodified,
before, after) can have a specific date value (for example, 20/10/2023) or
the following time phrases: today, yesterday, this/last week/month/year.
❑ Keywords such as size, date, datecreated, modified, datemodified can use
the following operators in the value clause:
o Comparison operators: >, <, >=, <=.
o Range operator double dot .. to limit a range of values.
For example: 1MB..3MB
equivalent to >=1MB <=3MB or >=1MB AND <=3MB

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ADVANCED SEARCH/QUERY

Advanced query: Use keywords

❑ Use keyword filename to find items by name is similar to using {(1)} words
in syntax without using keywords, asterisk * and question mark ? are
enabled, but question mark ? will only represent any single character
regardless of its position.
❑ Use parentheses ( ) to combine {(1)} words or {(2)} phrases in syntax
without using keywords to make the value for keyword filename.

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BUILT-IN APPS

File Names of Some Built-in Apps

❑ Calculator: calc.exe ❑ File Explorer: explorer.exe
❑ Snipping Tool: SnippingTool.exe ❑ Magnifier: Magnify.exe
❑ Notepad: Notepad.exe ❑ Registry Editor: regedit.exe
❑ WordPad: wordpad.exe ❑ Character Map: charmap.exe
❑ Microsoft Paint: mspaint.exe ❑ Control Pane: control.exe
❑ On-Screen Keyboard: osk.exe ❑ DirectX Diagnostic Tools:
❑ Word: winword.exe dxdiag.exe
❑ Excel: Excel.exe ❑ Powershell: powershell.exe
❑ PowerPoint: POWERPNT.exe ❑ Command Prompt: cmd.exe

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