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Get Organized with Windows

Objectives:

Learn the components of Windows Explorer

Learn to Organize your data

Learn about Files

Learn about Folders

Learn to Delete files and folders

Learn to Undelete files and folders

Learn to Copy and Move files and folders

Windows Explorer

Windows Explorer is the file/folder management program.

You can access Explorer by:

clicking Start/Programs/Windows Explorer

-or-

by right-clicking on the My Computer icon and selecting Explore.

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Organizing Your Data
Folders or Directories

Folders and directories are the same thing. They are separate work areas to keep your computer files organized.
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Files

With Windows 95, you store your work in files. For example, your word processing documents will be stored in files. A file name you might choose is lesson1. Microsoft WORD, the word processing program, attaches an extension on your filename automatically. This extension is .doc. Therefore, your complete filename would be lesson1.doc. This filename tells Windows 95 that your file is called lesson1 and it should be opened using the word-processing program, WORD.

Another example is a file containing your spreadsheet. You might name this file grades. Microsoft EXCEL, the spreadsheet program, will attach an extension of .xls on your filename automatically. Therefore, your complete filename would be grades.xls. This filename tells Windows 95 that your file is called grades and it should be opened using the spreadsheet program, EXCEL.

With Windows 95 you are not limited to 8 character filenames as you were with previous versions of Windows.
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Folders

A folder is a workplace on disk. It is most important to organize your data in folders on your hard drive. To create folders you use a program named Windows Explorer.
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Deleting Files and/or Folders

Deleting a file or folder
It is easy to delete a file or folder. You simply select the file or folder and press the DELETE key on the keyboard.

Be careful when using this function.

You would not want to delete a valuable folder.
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It is easy to undelete a file or folder.

On the Windows 95 desktop, double-click on the Recycle Bin.

Select the file or folder you wish to undelete.

Select File/Restore.

This restores the file or folder to its proper location on the hard drive.
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Copying and Moving Files and Folders
It is possible to easily make a copy of a file or folder using Windows Explorer. It is equally easy to move a file from one location to another using Windows Explorer. You will be completing an activity in which you move and copy files.

The table below contains the commands necessary to copy and move files and folders.

Copying and Moving Files and Folders using
Windows Explorer

TASK

Right - Click
Method

Left - Click
Method

To MOVE file/folder to a new location on the SAME disk drive

Select file

Right-Click and Drag file/folder to new location.

Select Move with Left mouse button

Select file

Left-Click and Drag file/folder to new location.

To MOVE file/folder to a DIFFERENT disk drive

Select file

Right-Click and Drag file/folder to new location.

Select Move with Left mouse button

Select file

Left-Click and hold down SHIFT and Drag file/folder to new drive.

To COPY file/folder to a new location on the SAME disk drive

Select file

Right-Click and Drag file/folder to new location.

Select Copy with Left mouse button.

Select file

Left-Click and hold down CTRL and Drag file/folder to new location.

To COPY file/folder to a DIFFERENT disk drive

Select file

Right-Click and Drag file/folder to new location.

Select Copy with Left mouse button.

Select file

Left-Click and Drag file/folder to new drive.

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Copying and Moving Files and Folders using Windows Explorer
TASK	Right - Click Method	Left - Click Method
To MOVE file/folder to a new location on the SAME disk drive	Select file Right-Click and Drag file/folder to new location. Select Move with Left mouse button	Select file Left-Click and Drag file/folder to new location.
To MOVE file/folder to a DIFFERENT disk drive	Select file Right-Click and Drag file/folder to new location. Select Move with Left mouse button	Select file Left-Click and hold down SHIFT and Drag file/folder to new drive.
To COPY file/folder to a new location on the SAME disk drive	Select file Right-Click and Drag file/folder to new location. Select Copy with Left mouse button.	Select file Left-Click and hold down CTRL and Drag file/folder to new location.
To COPY file/folder to a DIFFERENT disk drive	Select file Right-Click and Drag file/folder to new location. Select Copy with Left mouse button.	Select file Left-Click and Drag file/folder to new drive.