Creating Folders; Moving Files - HP Compaq Presario,Presario SR1309 Supplementary Manual

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PC Basics Guide

Creating Folders

Using My Computer:
1 Click Start on the taskbar and click My Computer.
2 Navigate to the location where you want the new folder.
3 Under File and Folder Tasks, click Make a new folder.
4 Type a name for the folder, and then press Enter.
Using Windows Explorer:
1 Right-click Start on the taskbar and click Explore.
2 Navigate to the location where you want the new folder, and select the folder
or device that will contain the new folder. For example, to create a new folder
in the My Documents folder, you would select that folder.
3 Click the File menu, select New, and then click Folder.
4 Type a name for the folder, and then press Enter on your keyboard.

Moving Files

CAUTION: Moving any file that is part of an installed program can
cause the program to be unusable.
Using My Computer:
1 Click Start on the taskbar, and then click My Computer.
2 Find the file you want to move, and then select it by clicking the file.
3 Click Move this file.
4 In the Move Items window, click the folder where you want to put the file.
5 Click Move.
Using Windows Explorer:
1 Right-click Start on the taskbar and click Explore.
2 Find the file you want to move and select it by clicking the file.
3 Click the Edit menu and click Cut.
4 Find and open the folder where you want to put the file.
5 Click the Edit menu and click Paste.
You can also move files by dragging and dropping them into a new
NOTE:
location. Select an item in My Computer, or in Windows Explorer, and then press
and hold the mouse button while moving the item to another folder. Release the
mouse button to place the item in the new location.