10.6.1999

To select an object (icon), you simply "click it" once with your left mouse button. But what if you want to select more than one object at a time? Try left-clicking & dragging your cursor (starting in a blank area)... you should then be in control of a resizable rectangle. At that point, you can highlight any given set of icons so that they become selected (on your Desktop or in the Windows Explorer). Once you've selected a series of objects, you can manipulate them by right-clicking or dragging & dropping one of the icons.