Right-click: the half of the mouse nobody shows beginners
Most beginners only ever press the left mouse button. That's the half that opens and picks. The other half, the right button, is the half that does things.
Put the pointer on something and press the right button once. A small menu opens. That menu lists what you can do to the thing under the pointer. It changes depending on what you pointed at, and that changing is the point.
Three places to try it right now:
- Right-click an empty spot on your desktop. You get things like New folder, Refresh, Display settings, Personalize.
- Right-click any file in File Explorer. You get things like Open, Copy, Rename, Delete, Properties.
- Right-click the Start button in the bottom-left corner. You get Settings, Shut down, and more.
One rule: if the menu is not what you expected, you are pointing at the wrong thing. Move the pointer and press the right button again. Right-clicking never changes anything by itself. It only opens the menu. You still choose.
The one that saves the most trouble: right-click a program in the Start menu, then choose Uninstall. That is how you get rid of something that came with the computer and keeps coming back.
One step. Then look at what the menu offers before you press anything else.