Operation on Files or Folder

In windows operating system, we can perform various files or folder related operations like copy, delete or move a file or folder. The GUI features provide facility to computer user to perform such kind of operations easily.

Let us Discuss each operations-

Copy or move a file or folder- This operation works for files and folder to copy files or folder from one location and create a same copy at destination place. While the move operation on file or folder just take file from one location and put it into destination location. These operations are done by either copy/paste and cut/paste option inside file organization (windows 7) or Home menu (windows 10).

Steps to copy or move file or folder-

1. Open the drive or folder in which file or folder exist.

2. Select file or folder yo want to copy by one left mouse click.

3. Available options

A. Copy/Paste- Click on Copy option given in Home menu or use shortcut Ctrl +C to copy file or folder. You can also copy file or folder by click on copy option displayed after right click on file or folder and open destination drive or folder and paste copied file or folder either by click on paste in Home Menu, shortcut Ctrl + V or click on paste option displayed after right click on destination drive or folder. 

B. Cut/Paste- Click on Cut option given in Home menu or use shortcut Ctrl +X to copy file or folder. You can also copy file or folder by click on Cut option displayed after right click on file or folder and open destination drive or folder and click on paste copied file or folder either by click on paste in Home Menu, shortcut Ctrl + V or click on paste option displayed after right click on destination drive or folder.    

C. Move Using Drag & Drop- Open the destination folder or drive in other window and drag the file that you want to move and drop it to other window.

D. Delete - You can delete selected file or folder either by click on delete option in Home menu or by click on delete option displayed after right click on file or folder that you want to delete.