• Right-click the Recycle Bin

• In the context menu, click Empty Recycle Bin

• Click Start, then My Recent Documents

• Click the file you want to open

Clearing the My Recent Documents list

• Right-click the Start button, then click Properties

• In the Start Menu tab, click Customize...

• Click the Advanced tab

• Click the Clear List button

Finding a file by name

• In the Start menu, click Search

• In the Search menu, click All Files and Folders

• In the All or part of the filename field, type the name of the file you are looking for

• In the Look in drop-down list, select the drive to search in

• Click the Search button

Performing a text search

• In the Start menu, click Search

• In the Search menu, click All Files and Folders

• In the A word or a phase in the file field, type the word or phrase you are searching for

• Click the Search button

Stopping a search

• In the left pane of the Search window, click Stop

• At the bottom of the left pane of the Search window, click Start a new search

Saving a search

• In the Search window, run the search you want to save

• In the File menu, click Save Search

• Make any changes for the filename and location, the click Save

• To represent an individual character in a search field, type ?

• To represent an unknown number of characters in a search field, type *

• Click the Start button

• In the Start menu, click All Programs

• In the Programs menu, click Accessories

• In the Accessories submenu, click WordPad