Navigating Folders

You can navigate through the folders and subfolders in My Computer, My Documents, and other folders in several ways:

• To view the contents of a disk or folder, double-click the selected item.

• To move up the hierarchy of folders and subfolders to the next highest item, click the Up button on the toolbar.

• To move back to the disk or folder previously selected, click the Back button on the toolbar.

• To choose from the history of disks and folders previously viewed, click the down arrow on the Back button (shown in Figure 6.5) and select a disk or folder.

  Figure 6.5. View a list of previously viewed folders by clicking the down arrow on the Back button.

  

  
  

• If you've moved back through multiple disks or folders, you can move forward to the next folder by clicking the Forward button.

• Go directly to any disk or folder by entering the path in the Address Bar (in the format x:\folder\subfolder) and pressing Enter or clicking the Go button.

You can also go directly to any folder by clicking the Folders button to display the Folders pane, shown in Figure 6.6. You can then select the folder you want from the Folders list.

Figure 6.6. Display the Folders pane to go directly to any folder on your computer's hard disk.