Open Multiple Applications Simultaneously From The Start Menu
Windows 2000 Professional Tricks
Open Multiple Applications Simultaneously from the Start Menu:
While performing this tip, hold down the SHIFT key throughout.
Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, click Calculator, Notepad, and WordPad.
With the SHIFT key still held and with the Start Menu expanded, point to Programs and then point to Accessories then point to System Tools and click Scheduled Tasks.
Release the shift key.
Tile specific applications
Leave the applications Calculator, Notepad, WordPad, and Scheduled Tasks open for the next two tips.
On the taskbar, click the Show Desktop Icon (located in the Quick Launch Bar, just to the right of Start) to minimize all programs.
For this tip you must hold down the CTRL key.
On the taskbar, click WordPad and right-click Notepad and click Tile Vertically.
Only WordPad and Notepad are tiled vertically.
Close specific applications
On the taskbar, click the Show Desktop Icon (located in the Quick Launch Bar, just to the right of Start) to minimize all programs.
For the following tip, you must hold down the CTRL key.
On the taskbar, click WordPad, right-click Notepad, click Close.
