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1. #How to create a file folder on windows 8 how to
2. #How to create a file folder on windows 8 windows 8

I prefer to put copies of files in the folder, however, which is easily accomplished by holding down the Control key while you drag things in. Now you can drag files, pictures, music, movies, whatever you’d like into the folder and it’ll be compressed as it goes. Or leave it as is by clicking on the Desktop. Since the name is already selected, simply start typing in a better name like “Miller Project” or “Africa Pics”. Not a very creative name, so the first thing Microsoft assumes you want to do is rename it.

#How to create a file folder on windows 8 windows 8

To start, go to your Desktop in Windows 8 (or any other version of Windows you might be running), and right-click on the background.Īs you can see, the last entry under the “New” submenu is “Compressed (zipped) Folder”.Ĭhoose that and a new “folder” shows up on the Desktop:

#How to create a file folder on windows 8 how to

I’ll demonstrate how to create a compressed folder, but it’s a bit hard to understand what it’s doing: the system presents it as if it’s just a regular data folder, but as you add things, they’re automatically being compressed, and if you attach the folder to an email, for example, it’s actually a file itself with the “.zip” suffix. Having said that, I’ll also say that this feature hasn’t changed much at all in a long time and works the same in Windows 7, Vista and probably Windows ME and Windows 3.1 if you’re still running that. In fact, you’ll be surprised how few clicks are involved in creating a special “compressed” folder and dragging whatever you’d like to include within.

While a number of Win8 capabilities are tricky to work with, compressed folders are a breeze.