January 14, 2008

Paths and Files - Files and Paths

Your files all belong on a path.  There is a physical path and then a computer path to the files.  The physical path outside of the computer begins with a device called a hard drive.  The rest of the lesson will be about the path inside of the computer.

1. The path to all your computer files begins with Local Disk C.

2. Click Start. 

3. Click My Computer. 

4. Double click Local Disk C.

5. There are a couple of folders you should stay away from.  Here is a picture of the 2 folders you should stay away from. 

6. We want to know the path to our files.  The path should show up on our address bar.  Sometimes the path doesn't show up.  Here is how to make the path show up.

7. Click Tools.

8. Click Folder Options. 

9. Click Views. 

10. Down a couple of items you will find "Display the full path in the address bar." 

11. Click Ok. 

12. Here is the example of a path to a teacher's desktop files. 

Here is how can we use the path information when searching for files.

1. Click Start.

2. Click Search.

3. Click something you want to search for.

4. In our search list we see a column named, "In Folder."  This is the path to the file. 

5. This is the complete path to the files we are looking for.