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UNIT-3, Windows Operating System, File Management through Windows:File management in windows can be done through Windows explorer or My Computer., Windows Explorer displays the hierarchical list of files, folders, and storage drives on the, computer. It also lists any network drives that have been mapped to as a drive letters on your, computer. Windows Explorer can be used to copy, move, rename, delete and search for files, and folders., Opening drives and folders:, Two drives nearly all computers have are a floppy drive (drive A:) and a hard drive (drive, C:). If you have more than one drive, then they are named D:, E: and so on. If you have a CD, drive or a DVD drive, it also is named with a letter. Opening a hard drive is easy. Just double, click the icon representing the drive you want to open. Files and folders contained in the, drive are now shown in the opened window. Now for opening a folder, double click its icon., Coping or Moving a file or Folder:, A. Click the file or folder to be copied. More than one file or folder can be copied at a time., B. Under Edit menu, select Copy or Cut for move., C. Select the target drive or folder to which you want to copy/move the files., D. Under Edit menu, select Paste to copy/move the desired file or folder to the target drive., View file details:, A. Double-click the drive/folder that contains the files to be viewed., B. On the View menu, click Details., C. It will display all the details about the files such as Name, Type, size etc., Create a new folder:, Folders help you to organize your files. You can create a folder either by using My Computer, window or through Windows Explorer. You can create a Folder in any existing disk drive or, folder or on the windows desktop. The steps for creating a folder are:, A. At first, go to a drive or My Documents, B. Under File menu click New and select Folder., C. A new folder is displayed with the default name, New Folder., D. Type a name for the new folder, and then press ENTER., E. A new folder can also be created directly on the desktop by right-clicking a blank area on, the desktop, pointing to New, and then clicking Folder., Rename a file or folder:, A. Select the file or folder you want to rename., B. Under File menu click on Rename., C. Type the new name, and then press ENTER key., 4. Alternately file or folder can also be renamed by right-clicking it and then clicking on, Rename., Delete a file or folder:, A. Click on the file or folder you want to delete., B. Under File menu click on Delete., C. Alternately files or folders can also be deleted by right-clicking the file or folder and then, clicking Delete., D. Deleted files or folders are stored in the Recycle Bin, till they are permanently removed, from the Recycle Bin., E. To retrieve a deleted file, double-click the Recycle Bin icon on the desktop. Right-click on, the file to be retrieved, and then click Restore.
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Windows Accessories:Windows operating system ships with some handy applications known as Windows, Accessories. Windows Accessories has a lot of features. Calculator, Notepad, Paint, Internet, Explorer, WordPad, Windows Media Player are some of the most frequently used, accessories. Math Input Panel, Quick Assist, Remote Desktop Connection, Snipping Tool,, Steps Recorder, Windows Fax and Scan, Character Map, 3D Builder are some of other, Windows Accessories., This tip features accessories found in Windows 10, so if you are using older versions of, Windows you will see some variations or accessories that are not available in your version., Calculator:-Windows Calculator is a calculating application included in all the versions of, Windows. It can be used to perform simple calculation, scientific calculation and, Programming calculation., Calculator was first included with Windows 1.0 as a simple arithmetic calculator. In, Windows 3.0, a Scientific mode was added, which included exponents and roots,, logarithms, factorial-based functions, trigonometry (supports radian, degree and gradians, angles), base conversions (2, 8, 10, 16), logic operations, Statistic functions such as single, variable statistics and linear regression., Paint:- Paint (formerly Paintbrush for Windows) is a simple graphics painting program that, has been included with all versions of Microsoft Windows. It is often referred to as MS, Paint or Microsoft Paint. The program opens and saves files as Windows bitmap (24-bit,, 256 color, 16 color, and monochrome) .BMP, JPEG, GIF. Paintbrush supports GIF without, animation or transparency. Since Windows 98 Paint supports GIF with transparency. It also, supports PNG (without alpha channel), and TIFF (without multiple page support)., The program can be in color mode or two-color black-and-white, but there is no greyscale, mode. For its simplicity, it rapidly became one of the most used applications in the early, versions of Windows introducing many to painting on a computer for the first time and still, has strong associations with the immediate usability of the old Windows workspace., Notepad:- Notepad is a common text-only (plain text) editor. The resulting files typically, saved with the .txt extension have no format tags or styles, making the program suitable for, editing system files that are to be used in a DOS environment., Notepad supports both left-to-right and right-to-left based languages, and one can alternate, between these viewing formats by using the right or left Ctrl+Shift keys to go to right-to-left, format or left-to-right format, respectively., WordPad:- Microsoft WordPad is a free rich text editor included with Microsoft Windows, 95 and the later. Earlier to Windows 95 there used to be an application called Write for the, same task. Although capable of doing much more than Notepad, WordPad is not as, advanced as Microsoft Word., WordPad can format and print text, but lacks intermediate features such as a spell checker,, thesaurus and support for tables. As such, it is suitable for writing letters or short pieces but, underpowered for work that relies heavily on graphics or typesetting., Internet Explorer:- Internet Explorer is a web browser developed by Microsoft. It is a free, web browser, commonly called IE or MSIE. It has been one of the lead web browsers for, many years, helping to pave the way for other browsers. Internet Explorer was first, introduced in 1995, by Microsoft as version 1.0 and it came with Microsoft Windows 95., Internet Explorer is included in all Windows versions before Windows 10. The last version, of IE, included with Windows 8, was Internet Explorer 11.With the introduction of
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Windows 10 in 2015, Microsoft also introduced Microsoft Edge, which is a replacement, browser for Internet Explorer., Windows Media Player:- The Microsoft Windows Media Player, also known as WMP and, Wmplayer is Microsoft's fully functional media player that is included for free with any, copy of Windows. Windows Media Player (WMP) is a full-featured media player from, Microsoft which is used for playing and organizing audio and video files. It comes preinstalled with all versions of Windows. It is a free download software from Microsoft's, website., The Windows Media Player is capable of playing almost every computer media file format., Audio formats examples include MP3, WMV, WMA, CDA, WAV and other formats. For, video AVI and MPEG-4 are supported with other file formats also supported. Other video, formats are supported as long as the associated video codes are installed. Windows Media, Player provides two modes of operation, namely the player library and now playing mode., The player library provides complete control over most features of the player, whereas the, now playing mode provides a simplified view of the media. There are features which have, evolved with each version of Windows Media Player., Snipping Tool:- Snipping Tool is another useful of Windows accessories included in, Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Experience Pack for Windows, XP Tablet PC Edition 2005. It was originally released as a power toy for the Tablet PC. The, program is a screen-capture tool that allows taking screenshots (called snips) of an open, window, rectangular areas, a free-form area, or the entire screen. Snips can then be, annotated using a mouse or a tablet, saved as an image file (PNG, GIF, or JPEG file) or an, HTML page, or e-mailed., The Snipping Tool captures all or part of the computer display screen as a picture. You can, save the picture and attach it to an e-mail or paste the picture into a document. Snipping tool, can be used to Print Screen, annotate and use in other applications., Character Map:- Character Map is a utility included with Microsoft Windows Operating, Systems. It is used to view the characters in any installed font, to check what keyboard input, (Alt code) is used to enter those characters, and to copy characters to the clipboard in lieu of, typing them., The tool is usually useful for entering special characters. It can be opened via the command, line or Run Command dialog using the ‘charmap’ command., Remote Desktop Connection:- It is used your computer to connect to a computer that is, located elsewhere and run programs or access files., Math Input Panel:- It is opened the Math Input Panel to write and create math equations., , XX##XX
