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Renaming, Copying, Moving and Deleting files

Throughout this tutorial we'll be showing you how to change a file's name, how to copy or move it and how to delete it.

Renaming

From the Windows Microsoft® Explorer go into the My Pictures folder and right click on an image file.

click on Rename

Now you can type in a new name for your image!

type in the new name, hit the Enter key

And you're done!

Copying

We'll copy an image from the My Pictures folder to the My Music folder. This is not particularly rational, but it serves the purpose of illustrating copying so bear with us!

To copy...

right click on the image's name (the file) and click on Copy.

Go into the My music folder

and from the Microsoft® Windows Explorer menu

click on Edit and then click on Paste

.. and you're done!

Moving

To move a file from a folder to another, repeat the steps of the copying example, however, instead of selecting Copy select Cut when right-clicking on the file.

Whenever you move a file from one folder to another, unlike copying, the file is only listed in the new folder.

Deleting

Now we'll delete the image we copied from the folder My Music since we have no reason for saving image files there.

From the My Music folder

right click on the image and highlight and click on Delete

A dialogue box will appear...

click on the Yes button

...and the image is gone!

Go into the Recycle bin folder (at the end of your folders listing)

.. and note that your image is there. Each time you delete something, it goes into the Recycle Bin folder. As such, if you delete something by accident, you can always right click the file and highlight and click on Restore to "cancel" the deletion!

Then again, if you want to erase the file permanently...

click on File κon the Microsoft® Windows Explorer menu and highlight and click on Empty Recycle Bin

...and you're done!

Now you know how to rename, copy, move and delete a file!

Screen shots reprinted by permission from Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft® Windows Explorer and Windows® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.