Reverses the last action you performed. The name of the command changes to describe what you did; if you delete a file, for example, the command name becomes Undo Delete.

You can cut or copy any selected icon except a drive. As you'd expect, Cut removes the original icon from its current folder location; Copy leaves the original icon in place. (See Section 5.3 for details on cutting and copying icons.)

If grayed out: Select an icon to cut or copy.

Once you've cut or copied an icon, you can click in a new folder or disk window and select Paste. The icon reappears in that location. (Paste Shortcut creates a shortcut to the original icon.) The keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+V.

If grayed out: The Clipboard is empty. Cut or copy an icon.

These commands offer another way to move a folder or file to another folder. When you choose either command, a dialog box opens so you can select the target folder (see Figure B-2).

Figure B-2. Click the + button to expand the folder or drive; select a folder into which you want to copy or move the selected icon. You can create a new folder under the selected folder by clicking the New Folder button.

Highlights all of the icons in the open window (or, if no window is open, on the desktop). Windows applies any subsequent command (Copy, Delete, Print, or whatever) to all of them at once. If you're editing an icon's name, and your cursor is blinking in the renaming rectangle, this command highlights the entire file name instead. Keyboard equivalent: Ctrl+A.

This is a quick way to select everything in the window except one icon. Click the icon you want to exclude, and then use this command to select everything else. Windows highlights the icons that weren't selected, and vice versa.