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Use the steps below to find all your favorite AOL apps in the Microsoft store. To find your favorite AOL apps, first open the Start menu and click the Windows Store icon. Enter AOL in the Search field. View or select the available AOL apps. Click Install from the App page. Once the app is installed,click Open to view that app on your desktop.
The AOL homepage can be pinned to your Start menu to avoid having to open your browser and manually enter the web address. Pinning an item to your Start menu creates a tile that acts like a shortcut to a website you use the most.
You can also save the window size and position for the next time you sign in to Desktop Gold. Open the window you want to resize or move. Click and drag the outside border of the window to modify its size. Click and drag the top bar of the window to reposition it on your screen.
The app allows for screen recording and taking screenshots, either for a single window, a selected portion of the screen, or the entire screen. Screenshot is initialized whenever the user presses the keyboard shortcuts ⌘ Cmd + ⇧ Shift + 3 , ⌘ Cmd + ⇧ Shift + 4 , ⌘ Cmd + ⇧ Shift + 5 , or ⌘ Cmd + ⇧ Shift + 6 .
Dashboard uses a variety of graphical effects for displaying, opening, and using widgets. For instance, a 3-D flip effect is used to simulate the widget flipping around; by clicking on a small i icon in the right bottom corner, the user can change the preferences on the reverse side; other effects include crossfading and scaling from icon to body (when opening widgets), a "spin-cycle effect ...
Desktop. Contains shortcuts to items contained on the user's desktop. Since the taskbar is always shown, this provides easy access to desktop items without having to minimize applications. Quick Launch. Contains shortcuts to Internet Explorer, email applications and a link to display the desktop. Windows Vista adds a link to the Flip 3D feature.
An application launcher provides shortcuts to computer programs, and stores the shortcuts in one place so they are easier to find. In the comparison of desktop application launchers that follows, each section is devoted to a different desktop environment.
Applications could be dragged in and out of the Extras Drawer, a Finder-like app, onto the bar. Also, when the screen was put into landscape mode, the user could choose to position the Button Bar at the right or left side of the screen, just like the Dock in macOS.