The Desktop

The desktop is the large space that takes up most of your screen, we have provided a screenshot of the Windows 7 desktop.

The desktop can also be used to store files and shortcuts to programs, as you can see from our screenshot we have no shortcuts on our desktop.
One of the icons that is there all of the time is the Recycle Bin, this is used to store files that you have deleted, although the recycle bin holds all the files until you "empty" it, once emptied these files have been deleted from your computer.