- To start setting up your own file organization
in file explorer,
you need to be able to create folders,
and to rename both folders and files.
I want to start by going to my documents folder,
then into this folder called photos,
where I have a bunch of other folders
that are just full of pictures.
I'd like to get this more organized and to start,
I want to make a new folder, inside of this one.
So I want to make sure I'm in the right folder,
and you can confirm that by looking at the path bar
up at the top.
Then in the tool bar all the way up here,
you'll see this button labeled new.
You click on that,
it opens up a menu, and you can make a new folder.
And you see it creates a new folder
inside of the folder I'm currently in.
When you make a new folder,
the name of it will be highlighted in blue.
And at that point you can type in a different name.
So I'll type that in,
hit the return key, and that folder is all set.
Okay, let's make another folder.
So I'll go to new again, then I'll choose folder,
and now I have another new folder here.
Now at this point if you click outside of it
before you give it a name,
it will just set the name of that as new folder.
But that gives us the opportunity
to see how to rename something.
Renaming a file or a folder works the same.
You can click on it to select it,
and then in the toolbar up at the top,
there's a button you can click here to rename it,
or you could select it and then right click on it,
and that rename button is also here
in the right click menu.
Either way, select that rename option,
and then you can type in the name you want for that folder.
Then hit the return key and that's all set.
So of course I renamed the folder that I just created,
but you can rename any folder
or any individual file at any time.
Making folders and renaming things
are really important steps to getting your files organized.