Creating a folder and a subfolder ( Win. Vista & 7 )

Creating a folder

• Select the folder called Vista Level 1.

• Right click on the Vista Level 1 folder and from the popup menu displayed click on the New command.  A submenu is displayed, click on the Folder command.

• You will see a new folder is created and displayed within the left side of the Windows Explorer window.

• You can type in the new name and press the Enter key.  In this case type in the name My new folder and press the Enter key. Your screen will now look like this. 

Creating a subfolder

• Select the folder called My new folder.  Create a new subfolder, under this folder called My backups.  Your screen will now look like this.

Good practice when naming files or folders 

• Use meaningful names for your files and folders.  If you do this then when you access the file or folder at a later date, then just by looking at the file name you will be able to tell what the file or folder relates to.   

• If a file or folder relates to a particular organisation you could include the name of the organisation within the name.  If the file or folder relates to a particular purpose such as accounts or sales, then again you could include this information within the name. 

• Sometimes it may be useful to include date or year information within a file name.  This is particularly useful when naming files and folders that contain photographs taken with a digital camera.

Renaming a folder

• Select the folder called My backups and you will see the selected folder displayed like this: 

• Press the F2 key and the folder will now be displayed like this.    NOTE: This is called editing mode.  You can edit the file name by typing in a new name. 

• Type in My old backups for the new file name.  When you press the Enter key you will see the following.    TIP: You can use the same technique to rename files.

Deleting a folder

• Select the folder called My old backups.

• Press the Del key.  You will see the following dialog box warning you that you are about to delete the folder.

• Click on the Yes button and the folder will be deleted.  TIP: The folder is not actually deleted; it is moved to the Recycle Bin.  If you realise that you have accidentally deleted the wrong file, or if you simply change your mind, you can normally retrieve the deleted file from the Recycle Bin.    WARNING: Files are not held in the Recycle Bin forever and in some cases when you delete a file it may be permanently deleted and not even go to the Recycle Bin.  Be very carefully about deleting files.  If in doubt do not delete a file!  We will see more about the Recycle Bin later. 

Displaying folder details

• Click on the folder called Vista Level 1 (displayed within the left side of the Windows Explorer), as illustrated. 

• You will see the subfolders contained within the Vista level 1 folder displayed on the right side of the window.  For each subfolder, you can see the folder name and the date last modified. 

• Move the mouse pointer over the folder called Counting files.  After a short delay, you will see the following popup, displaying more details about the folder, such as the total size of the folder contents.  Slowly move the mouse pointer down the list of folders and you will see details displayed for the other folders.    

• Right click on the folder called Counting files.  From the popup menu displayed select the Properties command. 

This will display even more information about the folder, such as the fact that the folder contains 15 files. Click on the OK button to close the dialog box.