Section 4.1. Creating a Folder

4.1. Creating a Folder

To create a new folder to hold your icons, right-click where you want the folder to appear (on the desktop, or in any desktop window except My Computer), and choose New Folder from the shortcut menu. The new folder appears with its temporary "New Folder name highlighted. Type a new name for the folder and then press Enter.

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Note: Before Windows took over the universe, folders were called directories , and folders inside them were called subdirectories . Keep that in mind the next time you're reading an old user guide, magazine article, or computer book.

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