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A whole book can be written on using Explorer, it is a very helpful and powerful tool in organizing your computer files and folders. Here are just a few, the easiest way to open Explorer is to right click "My Computer" go to "Explore" or right click on the Start button and choose Explore. On the left side will is your computer's hierarchy, I have selected the C:drive, and its contents are displayed on the right side.
All the little +'s on the left side contain more folders. To see what's inside, just click on one of the plus symbols. To bring it back to this view, (you may have to scroll up!) click on the minus symbol, and this will collapse the contents. Now for this next set of images, I have clicked on My Documents in the left pane to show it's content, and I'm going to create a new folder within the My Document folder.
This is where it gets a little tricky. You can create a new folder to store your files or other folders into. You don't want to create this folder too deep into the filing system, another words making a folder within a folder within a folder,,ect,, ect. For then you have to remember where you put it! I have seen some folks bury folders so deep in their file system, they forgotten where they are at, never to be found again! So I have to create a new folder, by going to "File", then "New", and note a new folder will pop up on the right side. Name it whatever will help you remember the contents. Now go back to the left side and click "My Documents" and now you will see the new folder you have created.
When dragging and dropping files, be careful, of where you drop them.
I have selected all he files I want to move, by holding down the Control Key and clicking the files I want to move. You can also use the shift key when selecting files. When you do that, choose the top most file and then the bottom file and watch what happens, all the files plus the ones in between the ones you clicked on are now selected. To move them, click on one of the highlighted files with the left mouse button, and while holding down the button, drag them over to the left to the file you have made.
Now all the files I wanted separated from My Documents, are now in their own folder. Backing up some of the important documents is always a good idea. You can just hightlight the file, the right click on it and choose Send to, the choose the A: drive for a back-up copy,,for the just in case! Cause you never know what gremlins are creeping about!
More links for help with Explorer:
http://www.windweaver.com/w95man2g.htm
http://www.jcsd1.k12.wy.us/~tinnin/Inservice/Wk09a/P3Exp.html
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