Getting started with the new desktop

Because the Web and the desktop are now integrated, your desktop and its folders look and work more like the Web. You can now browse your computer just as you browse the Web - and you can browse the Web from anywhere on your computer: You'll find the Go and Favorites menus everywhere. You can also add "active content" from the Web to your desktop, the taskbar, or your folders.

Before you get started, think about how you like to use your computer and how you like to browse the Web.

• Do you like exploring your computer the way you explore the Web, that is, by single-clicking links (icons), moving back and forward through pages (folders), and so on?
• Do you like information about your computer's contents displayed as Web pages within folders?
• Do you like having multiple access points to get where you want to go?

The following topics can help you start creating the desktop you want. After you have tried a few of these, look in Help Contents for more ideas.

Basic setup

Install the new desktop

Turn on the Active Desktop interface

Activating the desktop

Add Web content to the desktop

Add a toolbar to the desktop or taskbar

Customizing a folder

Make a folder look like a Web page