Basic File Management

Summary

In this tutorial, Mr. Kozub teaches essential computer skills for managing files and folders in Windows 10. He covers navigating through folders, renaming, deleting, and organizing files to maintain a tidy filesystem. Key topics include using File Explorer, resizing and moving windows, understanding the file system hierarchy, creating and renaming folders, and adjusting view options for better file management. The video also touches on the differences between local storage (like the D: drive) and network storage, emphasizing the importance of digital organization for computer proficiency.

Takeaways

• 💻 Basic computer skills include navigating through folders, renaming, deleting files and folders, and changing view options.
• 📁 To navigate folders in Windows 10, use File Explorer, which can be resized, moved, minimized, and maximized.
• 🔄 The taskbar can be used to quickly maximize or resize windows, and to switch between open applications.
• 🗂️ File systems are organized with folders inside folders, and the 'up arrow' in File Explorer helps navigate back to the parent directory.
• 📂 Creating a new folder can be done by right-clicking and selecting 'New' > 'Folder', or by typing directly in the folder area.
• 📄 Renaming a folder can be done by right-clicking and selecting 'Rename', or by pressing 'F2' while the folder is selected.
• 🗑️ Deleting a folder can be done by right-clicking and selecting 'Delete', or by pressing the 'Delete' key on the keyboard.
• 👀 View options in File Explorer can be changed to display files and folders in different ways, such as large icons, small icons, list, details, etc.
• 📊 The 'Details' view option is particularly useful as it shows additional information like file size, type, and modification date.
• 🔧 Customizing the view options allows for showing more details, such as creation date, and rearranging the order of displayed details for better organization.

Q & A

What is the purpose of the video by Mr. Kozub?

The purpose of the video is to teach basic computer skills such as navigating through folders, renaming, deleting files and folders, and changing view options to keep the filesystem organized.

How does one open File Explorer in Windows 10?

In Windows 10, File Explorer can be opened by clicking on the button at the bottom left of the screen, which is the File Explorer icon.

What is the function of the taskbar in Windows 10?

The taskbar in Windows 10 allows users to move, resize, and close windows. It also provides a quick way to access open applications and the Start menu.

What is the difference between the 'Documents' folder and the 'video D' drive mentioned in the video?

The 'Documents' folder is a network-accessible location where files are stored and can be accessed from any computer when logged into a school account. The 'video D' drive, on the other hand, is a physical storage location on the current computer and is not accessible from other computers.

How can one create a new folder in Windows 10?

A new folder can be created by right-clicking in the desired location, selecting 'New', and then 'Folder'. Alternatively, one can simply right-click, and start typing the folder name without deleting the default text.

What does the address bar in File Explorer indicate?

The address bar in File Explorer indicates the current location within the file system, showing the path from the root to the current folder.

What is the use of the back and forward buttons in File Explorer?

The back button in File Explorer takes the user to the previous folder they were in, while the forward button returns to the folder they were in before using the back button.

How can one change the view options of folders in Windows 10?

The view options can be changed by clicking on 'View' at the top of the File Explorer window, where different display options such as 'Extra Large Icons', 'Small Icons', 'Tiles', 'Medium Icons', 'List', 'Details', and 'Content' are available.

Why is the 'Details' view considered the most useful in File Explorer?

The 'Details' view is considered the most useful because it provides more information about the files and folders, such as date modified, type, and size, which can be helpful for organization and file management.

How can one rename a file or folder in Windows 10?

A file or folder can be renamed by right-clicking on it and selecting 'Rename', or by clicking on it once to select it, then clicking on the name again to make it editable.

What is the quickest way to delete a file or folder in Windows 10?

The quickest way to delete a file or folder is to select it and press the 'Delete' button on the keyboard.

Outlines

00:00

💻 Basic Computer Skills Overview

Mr. Kozub introduces the video's purpose, which is to teach basic computer skills. These skills include navigating through folders, renaming, deleting files and folders, and adjusting folder view options to maintain an organized filesystem. The video specifically focuses on Windows 10, and Mr. Kozub demonstrates how to open the File Explorer and manipulate windows by resizing, moving, and closing them. He also explains how to access the filesystem through the 'Computer' section and how to create new folders using the right-click method. The importance of staying organized in the digital file system is emphasized.

05:02

📁 Navigating and Organizing Files

This paragraph delves into the process of navigating through folders using the address bar, back and forward buttons, and the up arrow. Mr. Kozub explains the concept of folders within folders and demonstrates how to create a new folder by right-clicking. He also discusses the importance of logical folder naming for organization. The paragraph further explains how to change the view options in a folder, with a focus on the 'Details' view for more informative display. Customizing view options and using the side panel for quick access to frequently used locations are also covered.

10:03

🔧 File System Management Techniques

In the final paragraph, Mr. Kozub discusses various methods for managing files and folders, such as renaming and deleting. He shows how to rename a folder using both the right-click method and a quicker approach by clicking twice. Deletion of folders is also demonstrated using both the right-click context menu and the delete key on the keyboard. The paragraph concludes with a summary of the multiple ways to perform tasks in Windows, emphasizing the usefulness of these techniques for enhancing computer proficiency and navigating the file system efficiently.

Keywords

💡File Explorer

File Explorer is a file management tool in Windows operating systems that allows users to navigate through directories and files. In the video, Mr. Kozub demonstrates how to open File Explorer to access and manage folders and files on a Windows 10 computer. It is a fundamental concept for understanding how to organize and access files on a computer.

💡Navigating Folders

Navigating folders refers to the process of moving through the file system hierarchy to locate and access specific files or directories. The video script explains basic navigation techniques, such as using the back and forward buttons, and the up arrow to move to parent directories, which are crucial for managing files and folders efficiently.

💡Renaming Files/Folders

Renaming files or folders is the act of changing their original names to something more descriptive or organized. In the script, Mr. Kozub shows two methods to rename a folder: right-clicking and selecting 'rename' or pressing 'F2' after selecting the folder. This is an essential skill for maintaining an organized digital file system.

💡Deleting Files/Folders

Deleting files or folders is the process of removing them permanently from the computer. The video mentions the use of the 'Delete' button on the keyboard or the right-click context menu to perform this action. Understanding how to delete files is important for managing disk space and maintaining a clean file system.

💡View Options

View options in File Explorer allow users to customize how files and folders are displayed, such as choosing between different icon sizes or viewing details like file size and modification date. The video emphasizes the 'Details' view as particularly useful for seeing more information about files and folders, which aids in organization and file management.

💡Address Bar

The address bar in File Explorer displays the current file system path, allowing users to see their current location within the hierarchy of folders. Mr. Kozub uses the address bar to demonstrate how folders are nested within one another, which is a key concept for understanding the structure of a computer's file system.

💡Taskbar

The taskbar is a part of the Windows user interface that provides access to open programs, the Start menu, and the system tray. In the video, Mr. Kozub explains how to use the taskbar to move, resize, and maximize windows, which is a basic skill for interacting with the Windows operating system.

💡Maximize

Maximizing a window in Windows makes it take up the full screen, providing more space to view the contents of the window. The video mentions that maximizing can be done by clicking the maximize button or double-clicking the window's taskbar icon, which is useful for focusing on a single application or file.

💡Minimize

Minimizing a window reduces it to an icon on the taskbar, allowing other windows to be accessed without closing the minimized window. The script describes how to minimize a window by clicking the minimize button, which is a basic operation for managing multiple open windows on a computer.

💡FileSystem

A file system is the method and data structure that an operating system uses to control how data is stored and retrieved. The video script discusses the file system in the context of organizing files and folders on a computer, emphasizing the importance of understanding how files are stored for effective computer use.

💡Storage Locations

Storage locations refer to the physical or virtual places on a computer where data is stored, such as hard drives or network locations. The video mentions 'video D' as a local storage location on the computer, contrasting it with network storage like the 'Documents' folder, which is accessible from any computer on the network.

Highlights

Introduction to basic computer skills such as navigating folders, renaming, deleting files, and managing view options.

How to open File Explorer in Windows 10 to access the file system.

Resizing and moving the File Explorer window for better organization.

Using the taskbar to manage open windows, including minimizing, maximizing, and restoring.

Understanding the file system structure and the role of the 'Computer' section.

Difference between 'Documents' folder and 'Video D' drive in terms of storage location and accessibility.

Creating a new folder in the file system using right-click and the 'New Folder' option.

Navigating through folders using the address bar, back button, and up arrow.

Customizing the view options in File Explorer to display more information.

Switching to the 'Details' view for additional file information such as date modified, type, and size.

Customizing the view options further by adding or rearranging columns.

Using the side panel in File Explorer for quick access to frequently used locations.

Renaming files and folders by right-clicking or using the 'F2' key for a quicker method.

Deleting files and folders through right-click options or using the 'Delete' key.

Selecting multiple files or folders for batch operations like deletion.

Creating new folders from the home screen using the 'New Folder' button.

Emphasis on the importance of staying organized in the digital file system for easy file management.

Transcripts

hello I'm mr. kozub

and in this video I'm gonna be teaching

you guys how to do some basic computer

skills such as navigating through

folders making renaming deleting files

and folders changing the view options of

folders so you can see more or less

information keeping your filesystem

organized so let's begin the basic way

to navigate to a folder in Windows 10

which is the operating system that we're

using is by clicking down on this button

down here which is your File Explorer

window when you click on that you're

going to get a screen that looks like

this or a window that looks like this

now it's good to know about a few basic

things about this window you can resize

it so if you can move your mouse over

they're wider or taller or shorter and

if you grab in the corner you can do

kind of both at the same time which is

useful all right you can move it around

by grabbing up at the taskbar which is

useful if you need to put it over here

over here and you can minimize it which

you can then Reax us by clicking back

down there and you'll see that it's

highlighted now which indicates that

there is actually a window open it's

just sort of hidden in the background oh

yeah and if you hover your mouse over it

it'll even show you that little preview

and we can click back on it it'll pop

back up and if I want to just close it

all together it's now gone all right now

so from that again you probably also

know about the maximize button which

makes it full screen which can be useful

quick way to maximize as well as to

double click on the taskbar up here and

you can do the same thing to resize it

back to its original size so that's

quick way to do that okay another useful

thing about Windows this works for any

window if you click and drag the taskbar

and go all the way to one side of the

screen and let go it will fill up that

side of the screen you can do that to

the other side as well which is kind of

useful if you have two windows but

usually you can just sort of resize it

like that and it'll be fine alright so

filesystems

okay so on your computer you're gonna

have a list of things on your side like

this and mine might be different than

yours because I'm on my computer at home

and I have a few more things installed

in this school

but you should on the side you should

have a thing that says computer and if

you click on that arrow you can open it

up and you'll see a bunch of basically

storage locations now a common one is

probably documents which you'll use at

home or at school I don't use My

Documents folder at home because it's

full of junk like this but you might use

it now what you'll also use at school in

my classes usually is this video B so

you're gonna see that it exists down

here if I click on it there's nothing at

it so what's useful about this video D

it's called a drive what's useful about

it is that it exists on the physical

computer now you probably have noticed

if you log in to your school account and

you go into documents and you save

something your document so then you go

in a different computer later and log in

again that file will still be there

because the documents folder on the

school account is stored on what's

called the network which means it's

accessible from any computer this video

D Drive however is accessible only from

the current computer that you are on so

what's good about it is that it has a

lot more storage space and depending on

what kind of things you're doing in

school if you're doing stuff with

Photoshop or Premiere Pro you might need

that storage space so anyway how

wherever you're saving your files

whether it's documents video D or some

other folder I actually have a folder

called files this is how you can

navigate through your folders so first

things first you have sort of a bar at

the top which sort of says where you are

you puts look what looks like a back

button if you hover over it it tells you

well it is a back button we have a

forward button which is grayed out now

because I haven't gone forward and you

have an up arrow so I'm gonna explain a

little bit about how folders work and

actually I'm going to go to this video D

Drive to show you this so video D exists

underneath what is the computer section

you can see that there's computer if I

open that there's video D now this is

represented as well up here it says

computer video D basically what hold the

file system works like in Windows is

it's just folders inside of folders

inside of folders so I can use folders

to stay organized and then I can move

back and forth between them so here's

how you would make a new folder in video

D the easiest way is simply right click

new folder click and it'll pop up this

is a really big preview it'll pop up and

let you type in there right away now a

lot of people like to do this they

delete that and then they start typing

but believe it or not you don't even

need to do that I can actually just

start typing right now what should I

call it how about my stuff press Enter

there's your new folder ok I can make

another folder in here as well maybe

I'll say like my other stuff and

depending on what you're you know trying

to organize it makes sense to name them

logical names so if it's maybe the LA

school work you can make a folder for

ela if it's social studies make a folder

for that whatever it is it's really

important to stay organized in your

digital file system because otherwise

it's gonna be really confusing and you

won't know where all your files are all

right so I'm gonna go into this my stuff

older double click on that and you'll

see of course there's nothing in it

because there's nothing in it I just

made it but what you can see now is that

actually this address bar up here now

says computer video D my stuff which is

indicating I'm in the my stuff folder

inside a video D alright so I'm gonna

make another folder here and say new I

must say whatever this is just a random

folder now I'm gonna go into here double

click in there you can see now I'm

inside the whatever folder so here's

another thing about folders there's this

back button people like to use the back

button because if I press it yeah it

kind of goes back to where it just was

and there's a forward button which also

goes forward to where I just was as well

so those are useful but they have

limitations what I tend to use is if I

need to go back up a folder directory

basically if I'm in say whatever folder

and I want to get to my stuff folder the

easiest way is actually to press this up

arrow which will take me up a directory

it basically says whatever folder you're

in go into the directory that that

folder was created in go like go back to

past directory and you can see that it

takes me out of it all the way to

computer here so that's a little bit

about the navigation there alright I

want to show you something else about

view options okay so here's my video D

folder these are huge icons right kind

of like annoyingly big there's a way we

can change that if you go up to view at

the top here there's all these different

options for how we can display what's in

this window here so right now I have it

on extra large icons there that's

probably what I should add it up large

icons which looks more normal but

there's also small icons tiles medium

icons list content and the one that I

find most useful is details

all right so details why is that most

useful well because it gives you more

information so you can see now it

actually has date modified oh look

March 24th at 11:58 and so I can

actually see exactly the date this was

created or modified tells me the type if

it's a file with a different size can

tell me that and in fact I can even

customize this window or these view

options by right-clicking here and the

ones that are checked are already being

shown but I can also have like that they

created okay so now there's the date

that it was created so basically created

and modified it's modified was when it

was changed and I can even move these

around so if I want to be really

organized so that's useful all right

see whatever is already or this folder

is already in that view option so that's

really useful all right so that's a

little bit about organizing and also the

other thing is you always have your

panel on the side here which sort of

gives you your like most you know most

of the places you're gonna want to go I

can always click back to video D if I

kind of get lost or something like that

so that's useful too all right well I

just made these folders but suppose I

want to change the name okay so I'm

actually gonna go find that whatever

folder here it is just I just made so

say I want to rename it alright it's

really easy two ways to do it one way

right click on it and go down to rename

which is

the bottom there and then I can just

type there's a new name or whatever

great all right other way to do it which

is quicker and simpler

click click again and and another name

so look just like that okay

alright what if I want to leave that

folder click on it right click delete

easy another way to do that just make

another new folder here another way to

delete just press the delete button on

your keyboard it's gone easy alright so

there's that okay so that's folder stuff

there's more to it than that too for

example you'll have different files

inside your folders and I'll all

likelihood which it's important to know

stuff about that I guess I'll show you

this as well if you click and drag you

can select multiple things so that's

useful if you want to do the same thing

for two things so if I want to delete

both these folders I can do that and

delete and the other thing I can do

actually is if I go back to my home

screen here if I need a new folder

there's this button up here as well so

there's another way to do it so

hopefully what you're seeing is there's

multiple ways to do things and sort of

knowing a few of these tricks is going

to be useful for navigating and saving

files and just sort of having general

computer proficiency okay so that's file

system management