Common menus in Microsoft Windows


This is a list of commonly used Microsoft Windows menus.

Microsoft menus

Most Recently Used menu

A Most Recently Used menu lists the programs or documents that were last accessed. It allows users to quickly see and access the last few used files and documents.

Properties menu

In Microsoft Windows, a properties page is a panel of information in the file properties dialogue It can be a built-in feature of Windows Explorer, or created by a shell extension )

System menu

The system menu is a popup menu in Microsoft Windows, accessible by left-clicking on the upper-left icon of most windows, or by pressing the Alt and Space keys. This menu provides the user with the ability to perform some common tasks on the window, some in atypical ways. For example, normally a user would move a window by dragging the title bar of the window - but with the option in the system menu the user gets a different cursor and procedure to move the window with.
Some applications customize the system menu, typically through the GetSystemMenu WinAPI function. The Win32 console, used e.g. by the Command Prompt, is an example of this and offers the user an ability to change its preferences through its system menu.