Macintosh files stay linked to the
                                applications that created them; with
                                Windows, this isn't always the case. 




                       Double-clicking a Macintosh document icon
                       automatically opens the application that
                       created it-no matter where the application
                       resides on your hard disk (or connected
                       server) and no matter what the file is called.
                       With Windows 95, it's not that simple. The
                       association between applications and files is
                       still governed by pathnames and the
                       three-character filename extension. That
                       means that double-clicking a document
                       sometimes opens the application that created
                       it and sometimes doesn't. For example, when you move an application on a PC running Windows
                       95 to a different directory-or even rename the directory it's in-and then try to open a document
                       created by that application, you will usually receive an error message stating that Windows cannot
                       find the application. 

                       Here's an example of what's required for the simple task of moving an application and a file that
                       the application created, then opening that file.