For Windows 10 or 11
Learn how to organise all the stuff on your computer – documents, pictures, videos and music.
Duration and cost
- There are 3 two-hour lessons.
- The cost, including the course notes, is $45.00
Prerequisites – skills and equipment
- Familiarity with the basic skills of using a “Windows” computer.
- Have regular access to a laptop or desktop computer that runs on Microsoft Windows, in order to practice the skills at home between lessons.
- Bring a USB Flash Drive (also called Memory Stick, Pen Drive, Jump Drive or Thumb Drive).
- If you have a Windows laptop computer, bring it to lessons with the battery fully charged. Bring a computer mouse to use with your laptop.
You will receive …
- the course notes File, Folder and Disk Management for Windows.
You will learn about these topics
How files and folders are arranged on your computer
- File names and filename extensions
- How to set your computer to show or hide filename extensions
- Folders and pathnames
Viewing files with File Explorer
- Viewing modes in File Explorer
- The tree diagram of folders and their files – how to expand and contract the Folder Tree
- Choosing the order in which files will be listed on screen
Reorganising files and folders
- Creating new folders and moving files into them
- Moving and copying files and folders, using several different methods
- Deleting files
- Renaming files
- File size and disk space
- Viewing file properties
- Finding files on the hard disk or USB Flash Drive using the Search function
- Managing folders and sub-folders