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CHOITHRAM SCHOOL NORTH CAMPUS

SUBMITTED BY:-

TANU GOYAL

WORKING WITH WINDOWS

EXPLORER

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WORKING WITH WINDOWS EXPLORER

Windows explorer displays the contents of the

entire system in the hierarchical manner.

To open windows explorer, click start -> all

programs -> accessories, click windows

explorer.

It is divided into 2 panes:--

The right pane display the contents of the

selected drives or folders.

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The left pane contains a list of drives andfolders on a computer.

To view the contents of the folder, double click

the folder icon.A plus sign before a folder icon indicates the

presence of sub folders in that, If we click plus

sign it expands and plus sign changes intominus sign and sub folders are displayed inthe left pane.

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THUMBNAILS VIEW

In this view, the contents of the picture files are

displayed in miniature form.

Folders and other types of files are displayed

as icons.

The image files, a folders contains are

displayed on the folder icon so that user can

easily identify the contents of the folder.

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TILES

This view displays the files and folders as icons

with name in right.

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ICON

In this view, the files and folders are displayed

as icons.

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LIST

In this view, file names and folders are

displayed. A small folder icon precedes each

folder.

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DETAILS

This view shows detail information about the

files and folders. The information is displayed

in the four columns.

Column 1 contains name of file or folder.

Column 2 contains the size of the file.

Column 3 contains the type of file or folder.

Column 4 contains the date and time of the last

modification of file or folder.

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CREATING FOLDERS

To create a folder by using windows explorer:

1. Windows explorer, click Local Disk (C:) in the

left pane.

2. On the file menu, click new, then click folder.

A folder with name new folder is created.

3. Type a name for the folder and press enter.

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CREATING FILES

To create files:-

In windows explorer, click the folder. Whenone click a folder in the left pane, its contents

are displayed in the right pane. Since thefolder one created is empty, nothing will bedisplayed .

On the file menu, click new, and then clickMicrosoft Word Document. A blank MicrosoftWord Document file is created.

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REMAINING FILES AND FOLDERS

To rename files and folders:-

In Windows Explorer, click the folder which is

to be renamed.

On File menu, click-> Remane. Name of the

folder is highlighted.

Type the other name and press enter.

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