How to rid of annoying dialog boxes

I'm a new windows user. In fact I just installed XP on my new iMac. In
learning how to navigate the XP system I can't get rid of the dialog boxes
that appear when I click my mouse. If I want to open a window, for example, I
click on the icon, but instead of opening the folder or file directly, a box
opens with several choices one of which is "open". How do I shut off the
boxes?
I would also appreciate your guiding me to a website that has a good
tutorial on XP for beginners.
Rob

alirob wrote:
I'm a new windows user. In fact I just installed XP on my new iMac. In
learning how to navigate the XP system I can't get rid of the dialog boxes
that appear when I click my mouse. If I want to open a window, for example, I
click on the icon, but instead of opening the folder or file directly, a box
opens with several choices one of which is "open". How do I shut off the
boxes?
I would also appreciate your guiding me to a website that has a good
tutorial on XP for beginners.
Rob

The default operation is to run, and it's in bold on that list.
Usually, with a regular mouse, you just double-click an icon to select
the default operation, and you have to use the alternate click button,
to get that context menu to open. Try a double-click and see if that works.

With that unique setup, it may be that you have to toggle a setting to
get the click to not open the context menu; you may actually have to
read the manual to see how this is accomplished on a Mac.

--
Joe =o)

"alirob" wrote in message
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I'm a new windows user. In fact I just installed XP on my new iMac.
In
learning how to navigate the XP system I can't get rid of the dialog
boxes
that appear when I click my mouse. If I want to open a window, for
example, I
click on the icon, but instead of opening the folder or file
directly, a box
opens with several choices one of which is "open". How do I shut off
the
boxes?
I would also appreciate your guiding me to a website that has a good
tutorial on XP for beginners.
Rob


Try clicking the OTHER mouse button. You are clicking the alternate
button (referred to as the right-click because most users have the
mouse in their right hand). That brings up the context menu. So use
the other mouse button to select/act on the object.

alirob wrote:
I'm a new windows user. In fact I just installed XP on my new iMac. In
learning how to navigate the XP system I can't get rid of the dialog boxes
that appear when I click my mouse. If I want to open a window, for example, I
click on the icon, but instead of opening the folder or file directly, a box
opens with several choices one of which is "open". How do I shut off the
boxes?
I would also appreciate your guiding me to a website that has a good
tutorial on XP for beginners.
Rob

OK, I just took it for granted that a Mac user used their single-button
mouse. If you use two buttons, you can go into the Control Panel, Mouse
Properties, and reverse the buttons.

--
Joe =o)

Fri, 4 Jan 2008 05:21:03 -0800 from alirob
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If I want to open a window, for example, I click on the icon, but
instead of opening the folder or file directly, a box opens with
several choices one of which is "open". How do I shut off the
boxes?

Are you clicking with the left mouse button? If you click with the
right mouse button, Windows gives a context menu such as you
describe.

If you're clicking the proper button, your mouse may be set up for
left-handed use. In Control Panel, open the Mouse applet and change
"Button configuration" back to "right handed".

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