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Chapter 5: Windows Basics
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Browsing for files and folders
A file or folder that you need is rarely right on top of your Windows desktop.
It is usually on a drive inside a folder that may be inside yet another folder,
and so on.
Windows drives, folders, and files are organized in the same way as a real file
cabinet in that they may have many levels (usually many more levels than
a file cabinet, in fact). So you usually will have to search through levels of
folders to find the file or folder that you need. This is called browsing.
To browse for a file:
1
In Windows XP, click
Start
, then select
My Computer
.
- OR -
In Windows Me, Windows 2000, or Windows 98, double-click the
My
Computer
icon on the desktop.
2
Double-click the drive or folder that you think contains the file or folder
that you want to find.
3
Continue double-clicking folders and their subfolders until you find the
file or folder you want. (If you do not see the contents of a folder, click
Show the contents of this folder
or
View the entire contents of this folder
.)