Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional in 10 Minutes
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Tell Us What You Think!
- About the Authors
- Introduction
- Conventions Used in This Book
- Lesson 1. Navigating Windows 2000 Professional
- Lesson 2. Working with a Window
- Lesson 3. Using Menus
- Lesson 4. Using Windows 2000 Professional Help
- Lesson 5. Using Dialog Boxes
- Lesson 6. Working with Multiple Windows and Applications
- Lesson 7. Copying, Moving, and Linking Between Windows and Applications
- Lesson 8. Using My Computer
- Lesson 9. Managing Files with My Computer
- Lesson 10. Using WordPad
- Lesson 11. Understanding File Properties and the Recycle Bin
- Lesson 12. Printing
- Lesson 13. Using My Network Places
- Lesson 14. Using the Control Panel
- Lesson 15. Using Outlook Express Mail
- Lesson 16. Sharing Workstations and Setting Passwords
- Lesson 17. Using Internet Explorer 5
- Lesson 18. Web Site and Document Searching
- Lesson 19. Troubleshooting, Restarting, and Disaster Planning
- Lesson 20. Customizing the Windows 2000 Environment
Using Windows Explorer
Windows Explorer shows you files, folders, drives, mapped drives, and even My Network Places, which you will learn more about in Lesson 13.
The default Windows Explorer view has a split screen with a hierarchical folder tree in the left pane (see Figure 9.4). All of the file management tools available to you in My Computer are available in Windows Explorer such as copy, move, rename, and search for files.
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Figure 9.4 Windows Explorer shows files in a hierarchical view.
Do not confuse this Windows Explorer with Internet Explorer, which is designed to browse the Web and described in Lesson 17.
You can apply all the skills you learn for using My Computer and managing files to the Windows Explorer.
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