COPY  A  FOLDER

To copy a folder you must first have it selected, by clicking on either its folder name or its yellow folder icon.


Fig 1.1  Select a Folder

Once the folder is selected you then have the choice of two menu methods. With menu method one, place the mouse pointer over the selected folder and then right-click. A menu will then appear (Fig 1.2).


Fig 1.2  Starting from the Explore menu-item, Go down the menu-items until you reach COPY. Then left click.

Now go up (or down) the menu-items with the mouse pointer until you reach the COPY menu-item. As you do this each menu-item will become highlighted, temporarily, as you go past it. When you have reached COPY and have it highlighted simply click the left mouse button to activate COPY.

COPY does not actually do any thing visibly. It just makes a copy of the folder and its contents (sub-folders and files) inside the computer's memory, similar to a photocopy, ready to be put (pasted) some where later. With a photocopier it copies (makes) an exact image of what ever it sees on a piece of paper and then puts that exact image inside its memory. The exact image is then transferred (pasted) onto a new piece of paper. The same applies to COPY. It copies (makes) an exact image of a folder, and all the sub-folders and files within that folder, into the computer's memory. You can then paste (transfer) that exact image, which is the folder and its contents, to another place (see the Paste A Folder section).

Technically. You did not have to select the folder first, with this menu method, as a Right-Click acts as a Double Click. So in this case the Right-Click selects the folder and then shows the menu.

Menu method two uses the current folder's window menu to activate COPY. Once the folder is selected (see Fig 1.1 above) click on the Edit menu, which is located towards the top-left corner of the current folder's window. In this example, towards the top-left corner of the Documents window (Fig 1.3 below).


Fig 1.3  Click on the Edit menu

After clicking on the Edit menu its menu-items will appear (Fig 1.4). Go up (or down) the menu-items with the mouse pointer until you reach the COPY menu-item. As you do this each menu-item will become highlighted, temporarily, as you go past it. When you have reached COPY and have it highlighted simply click the left mouse button to activate COPY.


Fig 1.4  Starting from the top (Undo Delete) menu-item, Go down the menu-items until you reach COPY. Then left click.

As you can see, the two menu methods are alike. And this is the case for most menus. So always check to see if there is a Right-Click menu available for the task you are doing.

Another way to copy a folder, once it is selected, is to press the CTRL (Control) keyboard key and then with CTRL held down press the C keyboard key. This is the quickest and easiest method. Remember though. Nothing is visible with COPY.



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