Windows Explorer

Windows Explorer is used for exploring what you have on your computer -- and also for organising what's on it, by creating folders and subfolders.

It's not the same as Internet Explorer, which is used for exploring what's on the Internet.

How you get to Windows Explorer


There are various ways you can launch Windows Explorer, all of which you can see in the image, above:

• Using "My Computer", which in effect launches Windows Explorer for you
• Via the "Windows Explorer" icon
• By right-clicking on the "start" button (bottom left of the image), and then choosing "Explore" from the pop-up menu
• By clicking "start", choosing "Run" and typing "explorer" into the box
  

What can you do with Windows Explorer
There are lots of useful things you can do with Windows Explorer, some of them essential to then being able to find things easily on your PC.

• create a new folder (via File >> New >> Folder, shown in the image, right)
  
• create sub folders (right-click within an existing folder, choose New >> Folder, and name appropriately)
  
• rename a folder (right-click it, and choose "rename" (or select the folder and hit the F2 shortcut key))
• examine what is in the folders, with the "view thumbnails" function the best way to see what images you have in them
• reorganise files into other folders (select whatever you want, holding down Control or Control+Shift to select multiple files, and simply drag to whichever folder you want them in)
  

If what you have created doesn't seem to appear, hit the F5 key to refresh the view.

Organising and naming your files and folders logically becomes vital when you have a lot of things on your computer.

Go to "start" >> "search" if you still can't find it!

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