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Bluetooth Tray
After installing the software, you would find a shortcut icon to My Bluetooth Places on your
desktop. However, there is another icon that you will see after successful installation of the
software.
Normally located on the lower right-hand corner of your computer screen, the Windows
system tray will now have an additional icon. This is the Bluetooth Tray.
The Bluetooth Tray provides quick access to numerous Bluetooth operations. In this section,
we will discuss the many uses of this icon. From this tray, you can:
Have access to My Bluetooth Places:
double-click the Bluetooth tray icon.
Have access to the Bluetooth Setup Wizard:
The wizard will help you
.
Configure how this computer accesses a service on another Bluetooth device
.
Locate remote Bluetooth devices.
.
Configure the way that this computer provides services to remote Bluetooth
devices.
.
Set the name and type of this Bluetooth device, e.g., “Mary’s PC” on desktop.
Have access to the Bluetooth Configuration Panel:
right-click the Bluetooth
tray icon. Select Advanced Configuration.
Have Quick Connect option:
right-click the Bluetooth icon, select Quick
Connect, and then select the type of service to which you wish to connect.
Start/Stop Bluetooth on this computer.
My Bluetooth Places
My Bluetooth Places is part of Windows Explorer. There are multiple ways to access My
Bluetooth Places:
In the Windows system tray,
Right-click the Bluetooth icon and select Explore My Bluetooth Places
Or
Double-click the Bluetooth icon
On the desktop, double-click the Bluetooth icon
Open Windows Explorer and select My Bluetooth Places in the Folder panel or
from the Address shortcut menu.
Icons used for Bluetooth devices and services
Before we move on to the next chapter about the various Bluetooth devices and services, it is
important to get familiar first with the icons that you will see and know what they mean.
Each Bluetooth icon changes its color to provide at-a-glance feedback about the status of a
device or service. In the next few tables below, you will find both
device
and
service
icons in
different colors, depending on which Windows platform you are using.
Here, we divide the icon types into two – one for Windows XP, and the other for Windows
98SE / ME / 2000.
