Jan's Working with Windows:

Step-by-Step: Copy/Move & Restore

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What you will learn:

to copy or move folder to new location using:      right drag to folder tree      context menu      buttons      drag and drop      ribbon (Win8) to customize the toolbar (WinXP) to undo a copy or move to refresh the window to delete using the keyboard and menus to restore deleted item from Recycle Bin to rename folders using       mouse       context menu       menu bar

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Start with: , Removable disk contents showing in a window in Details view

Move from Right Pane to Left: Right Drag

1. If necessary, insert the Class disk into the drive or port and open a window that displays its contents in Details view with the folder tree expanded.
2. Open the my docs folder which contains three folders.
3. Select the folders excel docs and word docs contained in the folder my docs.
   

    

4. Right drag either of the selected folders over to the left pane to the folder class on the removable drive.
5. When the folder class is highlighted, drop.
   A context menu appears with some choices.
6. From the context menu, select  Cancel .
   Your move doesn't happen after all!

   Remember that if the thing you are dragging is on a different drive than the new location, it will be copied. If it is on the same drive as the new location, it will be moved. The action in bold text is the current default. If you hold the CTRL key down while you drag, this is reversed.

   The best idea is to use a right drag so that you get the popup menu to choose from! Much easier on the brain!

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Move Inside Left Pane: Right Drag

In the Navigation pane on the left, you can select only one folder or drive at a time.

1. Inside the folder tree in the left pane, right drag the folder paint docs up to the folder class.
2. When the folder class is highlighted, release the mouse button.
   A context menu appears.
   
3. Click on  Move Here .
   The folder paint docs is moved to the folder class.
   The right pane will change to show this change automatically. The selection does not change.

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Move: Undo

1.  Click on  Edit  >  Undo Move  in the Menu bar or right click in a blank area of the right pane select Undo Move.
   The folder paint docs returns to the my docs folder. Are you dizzy yet??

   Keyboard method to Undo: CTRL + Z
   Hold down the  CTRL key and press the Z key.
   Keyboard method to Redo: CTRL + Y
   Hold down the CTRL key and press the Y key.

   Location at end of list: The folder paint docs was not put back in its alphabetical spot in the display. It is at the end of the list now, out of alphabetical order.
   

2. From the menu, select on the menu View  >  Refresh  or right click and in the context menu select Refresh.
   The display refreshes and returns the folders to alphabetical order.

   Keyboard method to Refresh: F5
   Press the F5 key (usually in the top row of your keyboard) to refresh the window in many programs, as well as in Windows itself.

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Move: Cut and Paste: Context Menu

1. Right click on the folder word docs in the right pane.
   A context menu appears.
   
2. From the context menu choose  Cut . 
   The icon and label turn partly transparent. A ghost of themselves!
   
3. Right click on the folder class in the folder tree.  
4. From the context menu choose  Paste. 
   The folder is moved to the new location.

   This Cut-and-Paste method accomplishes the same result as a Move. It is useful when you cannot see what you want to move and the new location at the same time.

   Paste right away! If you copy anything else before you Paste, it will replace the first copy on the Windows Clipboard!  In these file/folder management windows, you are safe. If you Cut but never Paste, the folder is not moved at all. The action is canceled.

   But in most programs, cut material is removed from documents, even if you don't ever paste it anywhere. So you can easily lose the cut material entirely.
   

5. From the menu bar choose  Edit  >  Undo Move  or use the key combo CTRL + Z.

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Move: Drag

1. Select in the folder tree the folder my docs to show its contents in the right pane.
    
2. Drag the folder word docs from the right pane to the left pane folder class and drop it there.

   The folder that you moved vanishes from the right pane and is now moved into the folder class. Verify this by opening the folder class and looking at its contents in the right pane.
    

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Undo: Toolbar or Keyboard

Previously you used an Undo command on the menu and on the context menu.

1. Undo the Move:
   On the toolbar, click on the Undo button to reverse the move.
   
   Vista, Win7: Click the Organize button and then Undo.
   Win8, Win8.1: Use the key combo CTRL + Z
   (Hold down the  CTRL key and press the Z key.)

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Delete: Context Menu

Deleting from most removable drives is permanent, no matter what method you use. Undo will not restore what you deleted. In most cases a flash drive or other removable drive does NOT send deleted objects to the Recycle Bin. Only if your drive shows as an additional hard disk will your deleted files go to the Recycle Bin. Check yours out!

1. Double-click on the folder class in the folder tree of your removable drive to expand that branch and show its subfolders in both panes.
   
2. Right click in the right pane on the folder paint docs.
   
3. From the context menu choose  Delete .
   The selected folder is deleted. In the Confirm dialog box choose Yes.

   Which dialog did you see? The one for the Recycle Bin or the one to permanently delete?

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Delete: Keyboard

1. In the folder tree, select the folder class of your removable drive.
   
2. Press the DELETE key on your keyboard to delete this folder.

   Under DOS and UNIX you have to delete a folder's contents before you can delete the folder. Not so with Windows.
   

3. Open the Edit menu or the context menu. Is there an Undo command?
   It is most likely NOT to undo the deletion of the folder class.

   Can you tell what object will be restored with the Undo Delete command?

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Restore from Recycle Bin

At some time you will make a mistake when you delete something from your hard disk and you won't realize it until later. Undo will not work if you have done a number of other things since deleting. The Recycle Bin exists just to handle this problem.

The Desktop icon for the Recycle Bin may look different on your computer. Many themes change the look, sometimes to something entirely different, like this Egyptian bird icon from the Nile theme for WinXP for the empty Recycle Bin. (Does not look much like a waste basket, does it?!)

Below you will create a folder on the computer's hard disk, delete it, (which sends it to the Recycle Bin), and then restore it from the Recycle Bin. Then you will delete it permanently to return the disk to its previous state.

1. Create a new folder on Drive C.
   Leave the name as New Folder. It will be the last item in the list for Drive C:

   If another folder already exists with this name, Windows will call yours New Folder (2). No problem! Just continue using the name Windows gave it. It won't be around for long anyway.

2. Delete the folder that you just created with the method of your choice.
   When the Confirm Folder Delete dialog box appears, choose Yes.
   

3. Click on Recycle Bin in the left pane.
   (You may need to scroll to see it.)

   Alternate Method: You can also open a Recycle Bin window by double-clicking the Recycle Bin icon on the Desktop.
   

   Problem: The Recycle Bin does not show in the folder tree
   Solution: Open the Folder Options dialog to the General tab. Check the box 'Show all folders'. Click OK to close the dialog and save changes.

   The right pane will show a list of recently deleted files and folders. The right pane has 2 more properties to show now: Original Location and Date Deleted.

   
   
   

   Your Recycle Bin will have different things showing in the Contents pane on the right. There may be many other things listed or none at all. The Recycle Bin should be emptied from time to time to save disk space.

   Problem: You don't see 'New folder' in the Recycle Bin
   Solution: Sort on Date Deleted. Your folder named New Folder should be the most recent deletion.

   If you are using a classroom computer and other students have already done this exercise, you may find a LOT of folders named New Folder! Look at the Date Deleted to see which is yours.
   

4. Right click on New Folder and from the context menu, choose  Restore .
   The folder vanishes from the list and reappears in the folder tree, in its alphabetical place.

   You can also find the Restore command on the File menu, but only when Recycle Bin is selected.
   

5. Click on Drive C:\ in the left pane and find New Folder, now listed alphabetically in the right pane.
6. Delete the folder New Folder permanently by holding the SHIFT key down while pressing the DELETE key. (SHIFT + DEL).
   
7. In the Confirm File Delete dialog, choose Yes. 
8. Open the Recycle Bin again and look for your New Folder.
   It should not be there this time, but there may be other deleted folders with this name.
   Check the Date Deleted.

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Rename

In this section you will revise the folder names so you can use them to store the projects you work on in these and other lessons. Many of you will be going on to the Working with Words lessons. Others may not do any other lessons or may go to a different topic.

Mouse:

1. In the folder tree pane, click on the folder excel docs; pause; click again to highlight the folder name.
   
2. Type  win project2  and press the ENTER key.

Context Menu:

1. Right click on the folder word docs in the right pane.
   
2. From the context menu select  Rename .
   
3. Type  word project1 
   
4. Click on the folder paint docs in the right pane.
   The new name took effect when you clicked somewhere.

Menu Bar:

1. From the menu bar select  File  >  Rename .
   
2. Type  word project2 .