Folders are designed to store objects in one place and organize a good file structure personal documents, photographs, files to simplify search. Find out, how to create new folder on the desktop and Windows Explorer 7, 8 , as well as other OS versions.

In this article we will study from classic methods of creating a folder to more non-standard methods. Demanding users should be interested in the content of the article.

Create a new folder via the context menu

To create a folder on your desktop, click right click on an empty lot. In the menu, hover your mouse over the “create” section, then select the “folder” subsection located at the top of the second menu. In Explorer (my computer), follow the same principle.

Note: If you see other menu options, it's likely that you clicked on a different folder or file.

As a result, an element will appear with the name “new folder” highlighted. Enter a name and press Enter. I advise, or standard icon, if the directory is located on the desktop.

There are a couple more ways to create a new folder in Explorer. In the left area, go to any directory and do the following:

1. B horizontal menu Click the “new folder” button. Write a name for it and click enter. For example, I selected the “directory” on drive C (see image) and created the “Windows” folder in it.

2. With Explorer open, press Alt, which will cause another menu to appear. In it, click “file”, point to “create” and click on “folder” (as in the steps above).

Hotkeys for creating a folder

I am sure that users often search for how to create a new folder on your computer desktop or elsewhere. Everyone knows that using hot keys significantly increases the speed of work. In the place where you want to create a directory, press 3 Ctrl + Shift + N buttons in sequence. Write a name and click the Enter key.

Not all characters are allowed in the folder name. Here is a list of those that are not allowed:

/ | \ : *? “ < >

It is not possible to use a space in the name, but you can do it in a clever way. Now I present a guide on how to create a new folder on the desktop, in Explorer via command line, read on.

Creating a folder in cmd

And enter the following commands:

MKDIR full path and folder name

For the desktop, I would enter:

MKDIR C:\Users\Alex\Desktop\folder

In the path above “Alex” is the username, write your name in its place. The “Desktop” section is the desktop directory, after the slash the name of the folder “folder” is already set, write your own and click Enter. According to this scheme folders are created in another location, you need to enter the full path and name.

To create nested directories, add the following construct:

MKDIR C:\novoe\name\papka

In this situation, the main folder is created, in this case “novoe”, then the folders that are after the slash are created. In general, a directory within a directory is always formed. There is an alternative shortcut command called MD and it does similar things.

As a result, using the methods described above, you can create a new folder on your desktop, in Explorer and any selected location on Windows 7, 8. You can rename it at any time or delete it. Removal is carried out in a couple of steps, either through context menu, or by pressing the Del key.

It is used for organizing information storage, and Android OS is no exception. Stored in folders system files, installed applications and various types of user data (photos, videos, music, text documents and so on.)

This material will look at how to create a folder in Android on the desktop and in the memory of a device (or memory card) running this wonderful system.

Create a folder on Android desktop to store shortcuts

In Android OS, folders on the desktop are designed to contain application shortcuts. This organization of labels is convenient because it can be unloaded with a large number of installed programs on an Android smartphone or tablet. When your desktops are full of all kinds of icons, it makes more sense to collect them into folders by application type, and also find the desired program will be much faster.

For example, programs for playing video and audio, viewing photos can be placed in the folder created on the desktop " Multimedia", and place the games in a folder with the same name.

To create a folder on the desktop, you need to touch any empty space on the desktop and hold your finger until a menu appears in which you need to select " Create a folder" or " Folder».

Depending on the device manufacturer and its user Android shell, the menu may look different, but the algorithm for creating a folder is the same - on a free space on the desktop. In some proprietary firmware, a folder on the desktop is created automatically by moving one icon to another.

To move shortcuts to an already created folder, you just need to touch the selected icon and, holding it, move it to the folder image. To change the name of the folder you want to open, click on its name at the top and enter the desired name.

Creating a folder in the memory of an Android device or memory card

Now let's look at how to create a folder in the memory of an Android smartphone (tablet) or microSD card. Here we need any file manager. If you still don’t have it, then install some popular free file manager from the official app store Google Play.

To create a folder in memory or on an SD card, do the following:

In a similar way, a folder is created on . You just need to file manager instead of internal memory smartphone or tablet, select the microSD card installed in it.

If the device is connected to a computer, then a folder in the memory of the Android device can be created directly from the PC, using standard operating methods of the file manager available on the computer.

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The folder is handy tool to organize files. It can be compared to shelves in a closet. At each place there are things placed according to a certain principle, which is established by the owner.

For example, in the folder “Photos from Sochi” there are 3,000 thousand photos from vacation. And in the folder “Business trip to the North” there are 1,800 pictures from a work trip.

If you do not create separate folders and place them in one place, for example on a flash drive, then the photos will be mixed. Therefore, it will be difficult to find the necessary files.

Now imagine that your boss asked you to send me a photo report about your trip to the North. You won’t choose 1,800 from 4,800 photos one at a time? You can go crazy like that!

All of the above applies not only to photographs, but also to any type of information: music, films, programs and other various files.

Right! Learning to create:

How to create a folder on the desktop?

Don't worry, once you learn how to create folders on your desktop, you can do them anywhere. My choice is related to the convenience of explanation.

The desktop is the first thing you see on your computer screen immediately after it boots.

Click the right mouse button. In the pop-up window, select “Create”. Select “Folder” from the menu that opens.

After which a “New Folder” will appear on the desktop.

Notice the name is highlighted in blue?

This means that in this moment you can rename it. Start typing a word, the current one will be deleted automatically. Once completed, click anywhere on the screen and the name will be saved.

An alternative way to save the folder name is to press the “Enter” key on your keyboard.

Now you can create folders anywhere you want. The creation method is similar to that described above.

How to rename a folder?

In order to rename a folder, you need to hover over it. computer mouse. Then right-click and select “Rename”.

We enter the new folder name from the keyboard and save it using one of the methods suggested above (the “Enter” key or mouse click anywhere on the screen).

How to create a file in a folder?

Go to the folder in which you want to create the file. At the same time, it can be empty or contain something. It does not matter.

The process is similar to creating a folder, only now you need to select what you want to create.

I'll show you with an example document Microsoft Word, designed for creating text documents.

In my case, the first document will appear in the folder.

Rename and save.

How to add a file to a folder?

All that remains now is to learn how to move files into a folder. There are two ways:

1. “Copy” file and “Paste”
2. Move with mouse

Let's take a closer look at each of the methods.

First way.

I have a picture on my desktop. I pressed the right mouse button before hovering over it. And then “Copy”.

Now go to the folder and right-click again, only now select “Paste”.

After which the picture will be in the right place.

Second way.

Click on required file left mouse button and drag it to the open folder area. The result is similar to the first method.

Choose any method depending on what is easier for you to apply.

In order to quickly find something inside a folder, I recommend using the Search function. The method is suitable for those who know the full name of the file or part of it.

The name entry field is in the upper right corner. You need to write the name you are looking for and the result will appear automatically.

All the knowledge gained in this article can be applied anywhere: on your desktop, flash drive, external hard drive, another folder - these are just a few examples. And also for all types of files.

If you have any questions, please ask them in the comments immediately. I will try to help as soon as possible.

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1) Press the RIGHT mouse button. (The cursor should be on a clean desktop - not on an open tab, not on a shortcut).

A context menu will appear.

2)Release the right mouse button and move the cursor to the CREATE menu item. When you point to CREATE, a list of what you can create on your computer will appear. This list depends on the programs installed on your computer, so it will differ from mine.

3)Now, from the menu item Create Carefully follow the arrow to the submenu that opens with a list. At the top of the submenu there will be a FOLDER item. Click Folder with the LEFT mouse button.

4) A folder will appear on the desktop (Fig. 2), and a cursor will blink on a blue background under it. You will need to type the name of the folder (whatever you want) on your keyboard. When you type the name, be sure to press the Enter key, otherwise your name will not be saved, the folder will remain called “New Folder”.

How to rename a folder

If, when creating a folder, you did not press the Enter key, or accidentally clicked the cursor next to the folder, then the old name of the folder will be saved, and not the name that you entered.

I hasten to reassure you - you can rename any folder and any shortcut on your desktop in a few seconds!

1) Click the mouse cursor once on the folder you want to rename.

2) Press the F2 key (located in the top row of the keyboard). The folder name will immediately be highlighted in blue.

3) Type the name of the folder on the keyboard.

4) Press the Enter key.

How to create a new document in a folder.

You have created a folder and now you want to create in this folder new document. There is nothing complicated about it.

1) Double click on the folder and the folder will open. If this is a new folder, then it is empty. If it’s old, then it will contain files.

2) Now right-click so that the cursor is inside the open folder (not on the desktop). A context menu will open, as in Fig. 1.

3) Now proceed in the same way as when creating a folder, only select not a folder from the list, but the document you want to create. For example, I clicked Microsoft Document Word

A new empty document immediately appeared in the folder. At the same time, the name of the document is highlighted in blue and you can immediately give the document your name and, by pressing the Enter key, save this name.

After this you can double click open a document and work with it.

Folders are needed to store information on a computer in a more or less structured form. If you imagine that there would not be a single folder on the computer disk, and that the files would be saved directly to the disk (they also say “to the root of the disk”), then it is not difficult to imagine what kind of chaos would happen on the disk and how difficult it would be to find the right one information.

An additional problem would be that it is impossible for two files with completely identical names to exist on the disk (within one folder or “in the root”). Thus, when installing programs, conflicts would constantly occur between already existing files and those that are created on disk during the installation process.

In light of this, the ability to create folders on disk and folders within folders seems like a great idea! We can place programs and data separately from each other, texts in a separate folder, photos in another, movies in a folder, etc.

In a word, folders make life and working with a computer a lot easier. In this video lesson you will see how to create a new folder, How rename the one that already exists how to create a folder within a folder. You will have to perform these operations quite often when working with your computer. If you are a novice computer user, practice thoroughly before moving on.

Video lesson: How to create a folder, how to create a folder within a folder

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