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This is a '''Theselist areof commonly- used menus found in [[Microsoft Windows]]. menus'''.

==Microsoft menus==

''These are commonly-used menus found in [[Microsoft Windows]].''

== =Most Recently Used menu===

'''A Most Recently Used (MRU)''' ismenu a term used in computing to refer tolists the list of programs or documents whichthat were last accessed. It can be of convenience since it allows youusers to quickly see and access the last few used files and documents. But could also be considered bad in terms of privacy. [[CCleaner]] is an application that can clean the MRU of many programs.

== =Properties menu===

== Most Recently Used ==

In [[Microsoft Windows]], a '''properties page''' is a panel of information in the [[file properties]] dialogue (accessed from the File [[Menu (computing)|menu]], [[context menu]], or by typing alt-Enter, or alt-[[Double-click (computing)|double-click]]ing.) It can be a built-in feature of [[Windows Explorer]] (for example, the file sharing page), or created by a [[shell extension]] (for example [httphttps://www.mutschler.de/mp3ext MP3ext] or [[WinRAR]]))

[[Image:MRU.png|right]]

<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Systemmenu.JPG|thumbnail|right|The default system menu in Windows XP]] -->

'''Most Recently Used (MRU)''' is a term used in computing to refer to the list of programs or documents which were last accessed. It can be of convenience since it allows you to quickly see and access the last few used files and documents. But could also be considered bad in terms of privacy. [[CCleaner]] is an application that can clean the MRU of many programs.

== =System menu ===

The '''system menu'''<ref>[//msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms748948 msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms748948]</ref> (also called the '''window menu''' or '''control menu''') is a [[popup menu]] in [[Microsoft Windows]], accessible by left-[[Point-and-click|click]]ing on the upper-left [[icon (computing)|icon]] of most Windowswindows, or by pressing the Alt and Space keys. This menu provides the user with the ability to perform some common tasks on the Windowwindow, some in atypical ways. For example, normally a user would move a window by dragging the [[title bar]] of the Windowwindow - but with the option in the system menu the user gets a different cursor and procedure to move the Windowwindow with.

Some applications customize the system menu, typically through the ''GetSystemMenu'' [[WinAPI]] function.<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winui/winuilibrary/windowsuserinterface/resources/menus/menureference/menufunctions/getsystemmenu.aspms647985|title=GetSystemMenu API documentation on MSDN|accessdate=2006-05-24}}</ref> The [[Win32 console]], used e.g. by the Command Prompt ([[Cmdcmd.exe]]), is an example of this and offers the user an ability to change its preferences through its system menu (other applications typically offer the user to change their preferences through the normal menu below their Windowwindow's title bar).

== Properties ==

In [[Microsoft Windows]], a '''properties page''' is a panel of information in the [[file properties]] dialogue (accessed from the File [[Menu (computing)|menu]], [[context menu]], or by typing alt-Enter, or alt-[[Double-click (computing)|double-click]]ing.) It can be a built-in feature of [[Windows Explorer]] (for example, the file sharing page), or created by a [[shell extension]] (for example [http://www.mutschler.de/mp3ext MP3ext] or [[WinRAR]]))

== System menu ==

[[Image:Systemmenu.JPG|thumbnail|right|The default system menu in Windows XP]]

The '''system menu''' (also called the '''window menu''' or '''control menu''') is a [[popup menu]] in [[Microsoft Windows]], accessible by left-[[click]]ing on the upper-left [[icon (computing)|icon]] of most Windows. This menu provides the user with the ability to perform some common tasks on the Window, some in atypical ways. For example, normally a user would move a window by dragging the [[title bar]] of the Window - but with the option in the system menu the user gets a different cursor and procedure to move the Window with.

Some applications customize the system menu, typically through the ''GetSystemMenu'' [[WinAPI]] function<ref>{{cite web|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winui/winui/windowsuserinterface/resources/menus/menureference/menufunctions/getsystemmenu.asp|title=GetSystemMenu API documentation on MSDN|accessdate=2006-05-24}}</ref>. [[Cmd.exe]] is an example of this and offers the user an ability to change its preferences through its system menu (other applications typically offer the user to change their preferences through the normal menu below their Window's title bar).

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