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Q: What happens when you double-click an application's icon on the desktop?
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An icon will appear on the desktop. Double click to open it.


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You may be referring to a path or shortcut icon on the desktop that points to a specific file or program.


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The small pictures on the Desktop are called as `ICONS`.


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In my perspective, I don't really think there is a difference. Icon is the little picture thingys you find out the desktop. When you click shortcut for something, it will appear the same as an icon on the desktop. So I don't really think there's a difference.


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If you right click on your desktop and go down to new and click on shortcut then go to browse and find what you what for an icon in your screen, you click okay then next then finish you have the icon on your desktop.


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