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File Explorer Parts Description

From the Navigation pane, you can view your computer’s file and folder
structure and access files and folders.

Navigation
1 In the Navigation pane is the Quick access area; from the Quick access
pane area, you can quickly and easily navigate to folders you use regularly. To

add (“pin”) a folder to the Quick access area, right-click on the folder
name and then select Pin to Quick access from the drop-down menu.

Enables you to go to folders you’ve already opened. If you go to a different
Forward and
2 folder, you can choose the Back button to return to the last folder you
Back buttons
accessed.

Enables you to perform layout, formatting and sharing tasks, as well as

how File Explorer displays your files and folders.
Tasks available to you might differ depending on what folder you select

3 Ribbon (e.g., Documents vs Pictures).
To display the Ribbon, click on one of the menu items at the top of File
Explorer, or click on the Expand the Ribbon button (down-pointing arrow)
located at the top right-hand side of File Explorer.

4 Address bar Enables you to go to a different folder in the same Explorer window.

Titles of each of the columns displayed in the file and folder list. You can
choose which columns you want to display by adding a column heading or
Column
5 removing a column heading, as well as changing the order in which those
headings
columns are displayed. Click on a column heading to sort your files and
folders by that column (e.g., date modified).

Allows you to search for subfolders, documents, images, programs, web
6 Search box
pages and bookmarks in the current folder.

File and Shows you the files and folders in the current folder (the folder you selected
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folder listing in the Navigation pane).

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