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"Artie?" she asked, her voice sounding like it was coming through a long tunnel. "Artie, why are you crying?"

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"Elena?" Arthur’s voice cracked, dry and brittle.

Creating a shortcut involves understanding indirection — a concept novices often confuse with copying. The survey showed 41% of users had at one time mistakenly moved or deleted the original file, believing the shortcut was the real file.

The was gone. The Recycle Bin sat in the corner, looking innocent.

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"Artie?" she asked, her voice sounding like it was coming through a long tunnel. "Artie, why are you crying?"

: For an active app, you can right-click its taskbar icon, right-click the app name again, and select Create shortcut (this may require holding Shift on some versions). For Files, Folders, and Websites new desktop shortcut

"Elena?" Arthur’s voice cracked, dry and brittle. "Artie

Creating a shortcut involves understanding indirection — a concept novices often confuse with copying. The survey showed 41% of users had at one time mistakenly moved or deleted the original file, believing the shortcut was the real file. "Artie?" she asked

The was gone. The Recycle Bin sat in the corner, looking innocent.