Using Windows Explorer       Return to Online Manuals   When you open Windows Explorer you should get something like this.   If you do can not see the Folders section on the left of the window you need to click and it should appear.   To collapse a branch in the folders section click on the EG like the one next to My Documents   To expand a branch in the folders section click on the EG like the one next to My Computer   To look at the contents of a folder, click on its name or on Once you have clicked on it you will notice the icon will change from to   On the right hand side of the window you will see all the files and sub folders in the folder you have currently selected in the folders section. There are several ways you can be shown the contents of a folder: Large Icons, Small Icons, List, Details and Thumbnails. To change the view click on and you will shown this menu. In the image above you are shown Large Icons. The same folder in Small Icons The same folder as a List The same folder showing Details. In this view you will notice the grey column headers. If you click these you can sort the files in ascending or descending order. If you look closely you wil see an arrow next to Name, meaning that in this image the files are sorted in ascending order by Name. In these examples you will notice that the file extension is shown, .xls in most of them, which shows that these are excel spreadsheets. There are also .csv and .mdb shown here too. It is advisable to have these file extensions shown. If you are not seeing them click Tools, Folder Options You will then be shown this. Look at the View Tab. It should look like this. (Without the red rectangles) To see file extensions un-tick the box next to "Hide file extensions for known file types" (Bright red rectangle)   You may also find it useful to make sure ticks are in both boxes surrounded by the dark red rectangle. This is the Address Bar This is the Title Bar   To copy a file from a CD to a new folder first the new folder needs to be created. In this example we will create a new folder called StoreManager, with a sub folder called OutletSelection on the C Drive. Click on the C Drive and then put the pointer over the files in it on the right hand side, and then right click. You will get this menu. Select New and then Folder in the sub menu. You will then see this where you can enter StoreManager. Then click anywhere else. Click on C:\StoreManager in the folder section, and then put the pointer over the right hand part of the window where files are usually shown, and right click again. You will get the same menu as above, so select New, and the Folder in the sub menu. In which will appear again enter OutletSelection.Then click anywhere else. You have created C:\StoreManager\OutletSelection\. Now you need to find the file you want to copy on the CD If you only have a C drive, the CD is usually called D so expand D. Select the file you want to copy by clicking on it. Then right click and you will get a menu like this. Select Copy. Navigate back to C:\StoreManager\OutletSelect\ and then with the pointer over the right hand panel where the files are shown, right click, and you will get a menu like this. Select Paste and the file will be copied. If the file is large you may get a message saying that the file is being copied with a progres bar, and an estimate of how much longer it will take.   Files copied from CD's are often flagged as being read only, so if you want to use an application which you have copied of a CD you will need to change this. Select the file and right click. At the bottom of the menu you will see Properties. Select it. The details you get vary with the type of file, but this is for an mdb. Near the bottom you will see Attributes. Make sure both Read Only and Hidden are un-ticked.   Return to Online Manuals     ©Storecheck Marketing Ltd, 2007 No part of this document may be reproduced without express permission in writing from the Managing Director of Storecheck Marketing Ltd