You will need
- - a computer with an installed operating system (from those listed in the announcement)
- - Mouse and keyboard skills
- - know what is a file and what is a folder
Instruction
Select a location for the new folder. For example, "My". To go into it, you should double-click on the "My Computer" icon on the desktop or, by right-clicking once on the "Start" button (located in the lower left corner), select the line "Explorer" in the menu that opens. On the left side of the Explorer window that opens, we see a directory tree. We find in it folder"My Documents" and click on it with the left mouse button once.
In the right part of the Explorer window, right-click in any place free from shortcuts. In the context menu that opens, select the "Create" drop-down item. Click once with the left mouse button on the "Folder" item.
Do folder you can use or a third-party file manager (for example, Total Commander, Directory Opus, Salamander, etc.). Creating a folder using a file manager is not much different from the process described earlier. Let's dwell on the use a little. Click on the "Start", "Programs", "Accessories" -> "Command". The Command Prompt window will open. You can use the mkdir command to make a new folder in the current directory. Command transcription: mkdir drive_name:directory_name...new_folder_name
Command entry is completed by pressing the Enter key.
Folders on a computer are a very useful and necessary thing with which you can more conveniently organize the storage of files on your computer. If we draw an analogy with our life, then a folder is such a closet or chest of drawers in which things (files) are conveniently stored, each in its place.
Creating a folder is very simple, it is much more important to think about how to fill it in, where to place it and how to name it so that it is convenient and quick to search for it.
You can place the folder either somewhere on your computer's hard drive or directly on your desktop to get quick access to your data. Where to place more folders is up to you. You can make more folders on your desktop and learn how to navigate. On the hard disk, you can organize a more structured and logical system, which will be slower, but more convenient to use. It is logical that it is worth creating several folders here and there and simply conveniently and quickly access your information. Let's learn how to sign folders in different places and in different ways.
process on hard drive
Here the whole essence remains the same, but there are some differences:
name change process
But what if a folder has already been created for a long time, but the name does not suit you. For example, users often do not bother and leave the standard name or type some random set of letters and numbers.
To change the name, we need to perform a number of completely simple steps:
Interesting! On Windows, it is not possible to name a folder with the name Con, PRN, AUX, and some others. There is a legend on the Internet that it was a personal desire of the creator of Microsoft, but this is just a myth. In fact, reserved names used to exist. This was done because direct access to devices is provided. Therefore, some names had to be unique. But creating folders with such names is impossible to this day.
There is another interesting and simple way to create - using a keyboard shortcut
Important! If you are in a browser, or some kind of program, then this method will most likely not work. You need to be on the desktop or in some section of the hard drive to successfully create a folder.
Let's answer this question in detail.
It's not a problem. The main thing is to decide where to create it and how to name it, and everything else is a matter of technique.
There are two main options for placing folders: on the Desktop or somewhere on your hard drive. The difference is obvious. On the Desktop, this folder, along with its contents, is always easily accessible, but gets in the way and spoils the view of the Desktop. Let's say on disk FROM:\ - it is not so accessible and is kept away from prying eyes.
In general, everything is like in real life:
- Some prefer to “clutter up” the desk and have everything at hand, but pay the price of time spent searching for missing papers.
- Others prefer to store books and papers in cupboards and drawers and never lose anything, but pay the price for neatness with extra cleaning time.
The truth, of course, lies in the middle. For those documents that you need to always have at hand, you can create folders on the Desktop, and for archives, you can create folders on local drives . So let's get started:
The easiest way to create a folder is a combination: Ctrl+Shift+N, move on:
Create folder on desktop:
1. Right-click on an empty spot on the Desktop and select the following items from the context menu: New > Folder- the folder icon will appear on the screen:
2. When an icon is created, it gets a default name. New folder.
You can immediately replace it by entering a new name, for example My labors.
Entering the name is completed by pressing the key ENTER.
4. If it doesn't work again, don't despair. Repeat the operation again. Subsequently, you will complete it in a matter of moments.
Create a folder on your hard drive
- On panel Switching layouts see which key combination is being used as a toggle. Possible options:
- ALTleft +SHIFT;
- CTRL+ SHIFT;
If there is no layout indicator on the Display Panel, for the future, check the box in the Language Bar - Show the language indicator on the taskbar.
- Close the dialog box by clicking the button OK.
- Close the window Control Panel.
- Check how your favorite switching combination works by watching its action on the layout indicator in the lower right corner of the monitor.
P.S. I hope you enjoyed this computer tutorial. All the best.
Any active user of a mobile device is probably familiar with the situation when the number of icons of installed games or applications exceeds the screen capabilities so much that a completely natural question arises - how to create a folder on Android in order to make the search for the desired program as convenient as possible.
In order to merge shortcuts into one directory on the desktop of an Android smartphone (when using a standard launcher), we need to drag one icon to another, and a new folder will form in place of the second icon, in which both icons will be located. To do this, click on the desired icon, hold your finger for a couple of seconds and drag without releasing:
If we need to drag other icons into the same folder, then we need to open the folder by clicking on it and touch the + (“ Add"). We select from the list that opens the icons of those applications that we want to combine in one folder and click " OK". If we want to give the folder a name, then click on the bottom of the name that this folder received by default (in the screenshot " New folder 2"). A keyboard will open, with which we will give a name, after which we press the button " Ready»:
To launch an application, open the folder with a touch of your finger and click on the icon of the desired application.
To return the program to the desktop, from the open folder, also by pressing your finger, pull out the desired shortcut to the free space on the display.
Creating a Folder in TouchWiz
If the shell from Samsung (TouchWiz) is used on the Android device, then we can use one of two methods to create a folder.
The first option: click on an empty space on the display until the menu appears and select the item " Folder».
And in the second case, we call the context menu on the desktop, where we select the position " Create a folder».
After that, we will need to set the name of the folder:
Using the built-in file manager
A file manager (can be "Manager", "File Manager", "Files" or "Explorer") is a special utility designed to work with the file system of a smartphone. File managers can be pre-installed (built-in) or user-installable.
The standard Android device manager (or rather, its icon) is located in the main menu. Having opened the program, we will get to the section " Memory”, here you need to choose where exactly we will create the folder, in the internal memory or on the SD card. After the selection is made, we will see a list of files in this storage, and in the lower left corner the folder icon with a + sign, press it, the keyboard and a window will immediately open in which you need to enter the folder name, then press the button in the lower right corner of the display " Ready»:
Using a third-party file manager
If you have already installed an alternative file manager or the capabilities of the built-in one do not suit you, then for the task at hand you can download the necessary software from the Play Store or directly from our website. We will consider the process of creating a folder using the example of the application "".
So, our actions should look like this. We launch the utility, go to the "Device" section, there we see all our folders, and on the left, on the bottom panel, the button " Create” with a plus, click on it, in the window that opens, select the item “ Folder", then, using the keyboard that appears, set the name, press the button" OK" (may be " Ready”), everything, we can use the created directory:
Create obb folder
Active users of mobile devices with Android OS, who download various gaming applications from different sites, know that often, along with the installation apk file, a folder containing the game cache is also downloaded, which is placed in the obb directory.
As a rule, this folder is absent in smartphones, and if the game is downloaded from Google Play, then this directory is created automatically, but in cases where the download is performed from third-party sites, then you need to create this folder yourself. There is nothing complicated about this, and you can perform the procedure in any of the two ways that we will now describe.
The first - using the file manager (see above), standard or installed, does not matter. Open the manager, select the item " External / internal memory", open the folder" Android" (it is in it that you need to create the directory " obb”), in the lower left corner, click + « new folder", enter the name of the folder" obb", press the button" Save" and in the lower right corner " Ready»:
The second method involves using a computer, how the obb folder is created by this method, read below.
Using a computer
It is very convenient to create folders using a PC.
If you need to create in the internal memory of the gadget, then for this we need to connect our Android to the laptop with a USB cable. We wait a few seconds until the PC detects our gadget. Then press " Start", open the section" My computer”, find your mobile device and double-click on it with the left mouse button:
We see the file section of our smartphone, open it like any folder, by double clicking:
Then, either in an empty space, or, having opened the desired directory, click on an empty space in it, in the window that opens, select the item “ Create a folder»:
If you need to create a folder on the SD card, then we first make it on the desktop of the computer and set the name (I created the folder grand-screen, or any other, for example, folder obb) and using a USB cable connection:
in the window that appears on the desktop of the PC, open the device to view files:
We will open all the folders that are in our drive. You can transfer the created folder here directly from the computer desktop, or we can (if necessary) open the desired directory and move it to it:
After that, we will see that the folder that we just created has appeared on the es-di map of the smartphone:
How to create a folder in the gallery
To create a folder in the application " Gallery”, To organize our photos, we again turn to the file manager. We create a new directory, set a name and copy or move the necessary photographs into it. After that, the system will automatically detect it as a directory that contains graphic objects, and the folder will be displayed in the application.
How to hide a folder on android
You can also hide a folder with a photo or any other content that is not intended for prying eyes on Android devices using the file manager.
So, open the file manager, find the directory in which the folder we need is located and open it. Then (as described above) we call the menu, from the proposed list of actions, select the item " Rename". Now, using the keyboard, put a dot before the folder name (without a space):
After that, you need to go to the manager's settings, and in the "Show hidden files and folders" item, uncheck the box if it was there, and to view it, you will need to activate this item again in the reverse order. There are other ways to make a folder invisible, .
And that’s all for me, write in the comments if the information presented was useful to you, how fully and clearly the question is disclosed, how to create a folder on Android. Good luck!
Consider 4 options for how you can create a new folder. All of them are simple and do not go beyond simple computer literacy.
I option. To create a Windows folder, you must first determine where exactly it will be located: on the desktop or inside some other folder. Accordingly, we go exactly where the “house will be built”, that is, a new Windows folder has been created.
How to create a folder on the desktop
1) To create a folder on the desktop, right-click on a free (empty) space on the desktop.
Context menu “Create folder”
2) This opens a context-sensitive menu, in which you should click on the "Create" option.
3) In the window that appears, a list of what can be created will be offered, from which you need to select "Folder".
4) You will see a small window labeled "New Folder" in which the cursor will blink, prompting you to enter a name for the folder.
Name for the new folder
If you don't enter a name, the default folder name will be New Folder. In principle, at any time you can rename it, which will be discussed below.
Deviating from the topic, I note that the expression "" means that the creators of the software thought and thought and made a decision for the user (that is, for you and me), that in a particular case, you can do as suggested. IN this case it is recommended to accept the "default" name "New Folder".
But such a name is bad, because after some time it is difficult to remember what is stored in a folder with such an unsightly name. Therefore, instead of choosing "default", it is better to enter a "custom" folder name.
Having entered the name, you must press the Enter key or click the mouse outside the frame to enter the name. If a mistake was made when entering a name, it is easy to correct it. To do this, click on the erroneous folder name with the mouse, i.e. highlight this name, and then press the F2 key and you can edit the folder name.
If it's necessary create folder inside existing folder(), click on the free space in the old folder with the right mouse button, then on the "Create" option and then do everything exactly as described above.
Other options to create a new folder
II option:
There is another option to create a Windows folder. There is a File option in the menu bar in the upper right corner. We click on it, then on "Create" and, finally, "Folder".
III option:
We open Conductor(Start - Programs - Accessories - Explorer), go to where you want to create a folder. Then in the upper right corner go to the menu File - New - Folder.
Or you can right-click in an empty space and select New - Folder from the context menu.
Explorer will create a new folder in the location where you gave the command to create it and name it New Folder. You can enter a different name, as described above in the first option.
The Explorer option is handy if you decide to put your files and folders in order, as there is a catalog of everything that you have on your computer. You can sort by new or old folders, delete unnecessary ones.
IV option:
This option assumes that a new folder will be created the moment you save a file. This is convenient to immediately store your files “on the shelves”, so that later they can be easily found.
Let's say you create a file or edit an existing one. The resulting file can be immediately saved in a new folder (as they say, "on the spot"). To do this, in the "File" menu (in the upper right corner), select the "Save As" option.
In the window that opens, click on the "Create Folder" button, as a result of which a folder with the name "New Folder" appears. You can immediately enter a different name for the folder, after which the file name is entered. This procedure step by step (1st step, 2nd, 3rd, 4th) is shown below using the example of saving a file in Notepad:
Step 1 - Click on the "Create Folder" button
Step 2 - Enter the name of the folder, press Enter. A new folder has been created.
3rd step - Click on the "Open" button, which is located to the right of the "File name" field. Thus we get into a new folder.
4th step - In the new folder, enter the new or old file name in the “File name” field and click on “Save”. All - the file is saved in a new folder.
Computer literacy exercises:
1) Create a folder named "Educational" on the Desktop, and then with the same name in the "My Computer" folder. Does the Windows operating system allow folders with the same name to be created in different locations?
2) In Notepad or Word editor, save the file in a brand new folder using the "Save As" option from the "File" menu.
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