Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional in 10 Minutes

By Dorothy Burke and Jane Calabria

• 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
    • Filenames
    • File Size
    • File Creation Date and Time
    • File Attributes
    • Viewing Properties
    • Managing the Recycle Bin
    • Opening the Recycle Bin
    • Emptying the Recycle Bin
    • Restoring Files
    • Recycle Bin Properties
  • 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

Viewing Properties

To see the properties of a file (see Figure 11.3)—whether you are in My Computer, Windows Explorer, or My Network Places—you must first select the file and then do one of the following:

Figure 11.3 The Properties dialog box for a file.

• Choose File, Properties.
• Right-click and choose Properties from the pop-up menu.

The Properties dialog box provides you with information about the file:

• Filename
• Type (of file)
• Opens with (the name of the program which opens this file)
• Location (what drive and folder it's in)
• Size (in kilobytes and actual number of bytes)
• Size on Disk (the actual amount of disk space used by this file)
• Created (date and time the file was created)
• Modified (date and time the file was last modified)
• Accessed (date the file was last opened)
• Attributes (Read-only, Hidden, Archive)

Except for System files, you can change the attributes of selected files by checking the attributes you want to assign to them. For example, if you want to provide a file to several users for reference but you don't want them to change the file, change the file attribute to Read-only.

Click Apply to change an attribute without closing the Properties dialog box; click OK to accept the changes.

Depending upon the type of file, Properties boxes can also contain a Summary (see Figure 11.4) page and a custom page.

Figure 11.4 Document Properties can include Summary information, such as the summary information you create with a Word document.

• The Summary page, shown in Figure 11.4, contains information entered by the program that created it. For instance, in many word processors, you can create a summary sheet and add information about the file. That information would appear in this Properties dialog box.
• The Custom page is a page that allows you to record your own information. It's useful for tracking a document that has been created and changed by several people. The Custom page was used to edit this book.

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