In this tutorial
of the windows 11 tutorial I'll demonstrate how to use file explorer in Windows 11. File Explorer is
a tool for navigating the files in your computer to access file explorer we click here on file
explorer from the taskbar and then on the left hand side we have here the home option this is
a new option in Windows 11. that contains by default a quick access options such as the
desktop downloads documents pictures and so on favorites folders and items that you have marked
as favorites and then recent files these would be files that you have been working on recently
and on the left hand side here you'll have options such as OneDrive or items that you have marked as
favorites or marked for quick access then further down you have desktop downloads documents pictures
and various key folders that you may want to access quickly further down here we have the
options for this PC and Network this PC this is what less the storage devices that you have in
your computer by default every computer has a C drive and then if you have a second hard drive
it will be listed something similar to this but then if you have a CD-ROM drive in your computer
it'll be D drive typically or e Drive and then if you add a flash drive this is where it'll
show up so basically to access any of those items you'll need to click on this PC and then further
down this is where you can navigate the files and folders in your computer this is a recent update
to Windows 11. notice that there are now tabs that you can open instead of opening multiple windows
to navigate through your files in your PC you can now open a new tab very similar to a web browser
for navigating the files in your PC now the very top here if we go let's say to a location let's
say downloads in this computer and if I want to create a new folder I can click here on new so
notice we have these icons or menu items on right below the tab here so if I want to create a new
folder I click on new and then choose folder and then simply give it a name from here and I
double clicked on it to access it now to create a new file I could create it either using word
or opening a word file and then creating it for from the application or I could create the file
directly from here as well so if I click on new word document I'm basically giving it a new name
from here and then it will give me the option to double click on it and then open it in Word
and it will save it to the location that I created this file
once you select an item notice that the other menu items in the top show up here after the item has
been selected so it's very similar to contextual Tools in office applications to determine as to
what these icons stand for you need to hold the mouse on them and it will display what the item is
remember also that to modify any of these files you can right click on them and then you have
other options as well related to that file if I want this folder to be listed here under my
favorites folders all you have to do is you right click on the folder and select pin this
to quick access and know this point it will add it here on the left hand side the advantage of the
quick access is that anytime I'm working in file explorer instead of going to downloads and then
selecting my folder I can click here on the left hand side and it will take me directly to that
folder now to copy a file I can simply right click and choose copy and then I can go to a different
folder where I want to paste it and right click in that location and then paste it obviously this
is a simple concept but it's to demonstrate the usual functionality in Windows Explorer
now to rename this file I can simply right click on it and choose rename or click over here and
the file name and then choose the rename icon now this there is also the Sorting option here
that I can sort them by name or by date and then there's the view option whether I want
large icons or what I like a listing of files or also the details for those files
there is also the the compact view the changing of the various views so if you want to see more files
in a compact way you'd select this option and you can also select from here whether you want to show
the preview pane on the right hand side so if I click on this file it'll give me a preview
of what that document contains you can even have check boxes under view here and then show this is
where you can also select to show hidden items or hidden files in Windows further to the right
we have these three dots this is where you can see additional options whether you want to select them
all or the properties for this folder or options for File Explorer if we click here on options
this is where we can configure in the system when you open File Explorer if you wanted to
see the Home tab or if you want to go to this PC automatically here in the bottom this is also
where you can define whether you want to open each folder in the same window or in its own window and
whether the single click or double click on items to open them here is how you can clear the history
and for privacy reasons in your computer if for some reason you mess up those settings you can
also restore those defaults by clicking on this button here the restore defaults Under The View
area this is where we are getting more granule this is where you can specify additional options
whether you want to show certain items or not and you can apply this to all the folders now if you
make changes in your PC and you want to go back to revert back to the default options you can always
click here on reset folders and that will reset all the settings to the default folder settings
as I mentioned earlier you also have the tabbed browsing here in file explorer the advantage of
this is that you can navigate to various folders in your PC and instead of interfacing between
various Windows you're just interfacing via the various tabs in your computer here [Music]
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