You can use the desktop to perform the following actions:
Start your applications, and open your files and folders.
You can add desktop objects for convenient access to the files, folders, and applications that you use frequently.
Open the Desktop menu.
Right-click on the desktop to open the Desktop menu. You can use the Desktop menu to perform actions on the desktop.
To open an object from the desktop, double-click on the object. You can set your preferences in the file manager so that you click once on an object to execute the default action.
The fastest way to add objects to your desktop is to drag an object from a file manager window to the desktop.