Chapter 12. Organizing and searching for files

Exploring File Explorer

Navigating in File Explorer

What’s what and where in a user profile

Working with libraries

Using compressed (zipped) folders

Displaying or suppressing check boxes

Arranging data in File Explorer

Managing file properties and metadata

Recovering lost, damaged, and deleted files and folders

Relocating personal data folders

Using Windows Search

Unless you use your computer exclusively as a game machine, learning to manage your “stuff”—your documents, programs, and communications—is probably the single most critical computing skill you need to acquire. Because the continual growth in storage capacity encourages a corresponding increase in digital retentiveness, keeping track of ...

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