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02 ADVANCED FEATURES
OF WINDOWS 7
Your Aim
to learn about:
Understanding Windows Explorer Different Views of Files and Folders
Searching of Files or Folders Control Panel
We have learnt that whatever we do on a computer, we basically work on data. Whatever we save
in the computer like documents, songs, images, presentations or excel sheets all are called files.
All the files that belong to the same category can be grouped or saved together in a folder. Data
in a computer can be arranged in the form of files or folders.
UNDERSTANDING WINDOWS EXPLORER
Windows Explorer is the file manager of Windows operating
system. It helps us to organise and manage files and folders. It
provides a graphical user interface for accessing the file systems.
When you open the Windows Explorer, you will see the icons of
all drives of your computer.
The hard disk of a computer is divided into smaller parts known
as partitions that make it easier for us to access files and folders.
These partitions are called drives. All these drives are usually
represented by different letters like C: Drive, D: Drive, F: Drive,
H: Drive and so on. A computer hard disk is found inside the
CPU. We need to perform the following steps to open the
Windows Explorer window:
Open the Windows Explorer by clicking Start → All Programs
→ Accessories → Windows Explorer. The Windows Explorer
window appears.
Tech Opening Windows Explorer
Funda
Press the Windows + E keys to open the Windows Explorer.
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