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By default Phone Dialer is not added to the
communication menu. Therefore unless you know where to find it your immediate
assumption is that Windows XP no longer uses Phone Dialer. As you can see, from
the instructions below, Phone Dialer is alive and kicking. It's just keeping
itself well and truely under wraps!
To Run Phone Dialer
1/ Click the Start button
2/ From the Start menu click Run
3/ In the Run dialog box type: dialer.exe
and press Enter
4/ The dialer application will now open
Adding Phone Dialer to the Communication Menu
1/ Click the Start button
2/ From the Start menu click All Programs
followed by Accessories
3/ From the Accessories drop down menu click on
Windows Explorer
4/ In Windows Explorer click on the drive/partition
your Windows XP is installed on. This is usually C:
5/ Navigate to Documents and Settings\All
Users\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Communications
6/ Click File
on the main Windows Explorer toolbar
7/ From the drop down menu click New and then
click Shortcut
8/ The shortcut wizard will now open
9/ In the shortcut dialog box type:
c:\program
files\windows nt\dialer.exe
10/ Click Next
11/ The 'type a name for this shortcut' dialog
box now appears
12/ Type: Phone Dialer
13/ Now click Finish
14/ Phone Dialer should now appear on the
Communications menu
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