Chapter 9. Managing Applications
WHAT use is an operating system if you don’t have any software to run on it?
In many ways, Windows exists as the infrastructure that enables you to run various software programs on your PC. If Windows is doing its job, you almost forget that it’s there. You use the operating system to launch your programs, but after they’re launched, it stays out of your way.
The way you manage programs hasn’t changed dramatically in Windows Vista. All your programs are still displayed on the Start menu, they still appear in separate windows on your desktop, and you can still switch between them using the ...
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