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Chapter Profile
Chapter Profile
2 Files and Folders
File Explorer
Organising Files and Folders
Creating a New File or Folder
Working with Opening Files or Folders
Selecting Files or Folders
Windows 10 Copying/Cutting and Pasting Files
or Folders
Renaming a File or Folder
Deleting a File or Folder
Restoring a Deleted File or
Folder
All the data stored on your computer’s hard disk consists of files and folders. Basically, files
are used to store data and folders are used to store and organise files and other folders.
FILES AND FOLDERS
A file is a document that you may find on someone’s desk or in a filing cabinet. It is an item
that contains a collection of related information. Similarly, a file in a computer can be a text
document, spreadsheet, picture, music or even movie.
A file in a computer system is represented by an icon. Here are some common file icons:
Word file Spreadsheet file Image file Video file Music file
A folder is like a file cabinet in which you can keep your files. In other
words, a folder is a collection of files.
You can see a folder icon on the screen as shown in the figure. Folders
do not only store files but also other folders. A folder within a folder is
called a subfolder. A number of subfolders can be created into a folder,
which can contain number of files and additional subfolders. Folder
FILE EXPLORER
File Explorer is a file manager that manages files and folders. It is used to create, view,
delete, rename, copy, move and search files and folders.
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