When your computer crashes, sometimes you lose your icons, taskbar, start menu, and so on. This is called Windows Explorer.exe. This video tutorial shows you how to stop or restart explorer.exe so you can get the desktop back to normal. Starting the explorer.exe will bring back your desktop icons, taskbar, notification area, and start menu.

This video tutorial shows how to select files and folders  in Windows Vista. You can tell you have selected a file or folder when it is surrounded by a blue background. In this tutorial you can see how to select more than one files or folder, copy these files, then paste them to another location. You will also see how to make a new folder to place the files into.

In Windows XP, to remove programs it was done through the Add or Remove programs in the control panel. However in Windows Vista, the Add or Remove programs icon does not exist. It has been replaced with an icon called Programs and features.

How to remove software programs from Windows Vista?

1. Go to the Windows Vista Start menu.
2. Choose Control Panel from the menu.
3. Find the icon named Programs and Features. Double click on it to open.
4. Now you will see a list of programs installed on your computer.
5. If you select the one you want to remove by making it blue a button will appear to remove the program.  
6. Press on the uninstall button to remove the program.

Watch this video to see how to remove software programs from Windows Vista: