Using Windows Explorer

Microsoft Window Explorer is a powerful program you will find useful to navigate your computer’s directory structure and manage your files.

To launch Windows Explorer:

In the left hand pane displays a hierarchical view of all the drives and folders on your computer. The right hand pane shows a listing of all sub-directories and files in the drive or folder highlighted (selected) on the left side. The status bar on the bottom of the Explorer window displays the number of objects in the selected drive or directory, the amount of disk space used by those objects, and the amount of disk space available. Use the F6 key to toggle back and forth between the Explorer panel windows.

Windows Explorer is useful for many file management tasks:

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Date Last Updated: 1/4/98

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