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Working with files and folders
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Deleting files and folders
When you throw away paper files and folders, you take them from the file
cabinet and put them in a trash can. Eventually the trash can is emptied.
In Windows, you throw away files and folders by first moving them to the
Windows trash can, called the
Recycle Bin , where they remain until you decide
to empty the bin.
You can recover any file in the Recycle Bin as long as the bin has not been
emptied.
To delete files or folders:
1
In My Computer or Windows Explorer, click the files or folders that you
want to delete. For instructions on how to select multiple files and folders,
see
“Shortcuts” on page 67 .
If you cannot find the file you want to delete, see “Searching for files” on
page 60 .
2
Click
File
, then click
Delete
. Windows moves the files and folders to the
Recycle Bin.
Help and
Support
For more information about copying files and folders or
moving files and folders in Windows XP, click
Start , then
click Help and Support .
Type the keyword copying files and folders or moving
files and folders
in the Search box
, then click the arrow.
Help and
Support
For more information about deleting files and folders in
Windows XP, click
Start , then click Help and Support .
Type the keyword deleting files and folders in the
Search box , then click the arrow.