Probably seems like small change, but I’m so used to dealing with a Mac that I’d like to know if it’s possible to do the following:
1. Close a window at the same time you open the file within it–e.g., on Mac you hold down the Option key while double clicking the file and the file opens and the folder window containing it closes. I can’t figure out if it’s poss. in Windows XP Pro. That means the file gets open but there’s then a background window to be gotten rid of.
2. Is ther ANY way to not have an app open its own big window which takes up the desktop? What I mean is, in Mac, if you have a Word document open and close it, Word is still running, but there’s nothing on your desktop. In Windows, if you close the Word doc you’reworking on, there’s a big grey window which then has to be minimized to get it off the desktop. Way too many clicks.
3. Is there any EASY way to change icons, as there is on the Mac? I can change them OK using Windows, but it actually takes about 12 or more clicks to do so (R-click the folder, Properties, Customize, Change Icon, Browse (always starting in the same, non-used folder of lame Windows icons), Select, Apply, OK. Oy vey. Any faster way? I tried a utility that claimed to do it, but it wouldn’t work with XP, only with Windows 2000 or before.
Any and all help gratefully appreciated,
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