Icons that are displayed on the Desktop. There are two icons that are always on your Windows 95 Desktop: My Computer and Recycle Bin. If you are connected to a network, you might also see an Inbox icon which lets you send and receive mail messages. Any other icons are called shortcuts and provide a link to a program or to a document. You can create a shortcut to any file by highlighting the file in Explorer and clicking on the right-mouse button. You'll see a menu option that says Create shortcut. For example, if you create a shortcut to a document file called Letter to Boss, this will appear on your Desktop. If you double-click on this icon Windows will start your word processor and automatically load the document.
