Thanks Marc for these great tips. I saved your message.
I have a question.
One day I did a defrag with Windows 7 during the day, as I thought
that it wasn't defragging at the proper time, and I noticed a folder
that appered on my c drive, and the folder name consists of both
letters and numbers. Why does Windows do this?
I noticed this in XP as well.
Not only that, but how does one know when the computer has done a
defrag at the scheduled time in Windows 7. I have my computer set to
defrag on Wednesday at 1 AM.
I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit.
Oh, I just realized that the reason why it isn't defragging at the
proper time, is because I've been leaving my computer on all night,
on Wednesday nights instead of Tuesday nights. lol.
I find the Windows scheduler kind of confusing, but I'll go and
change that time, so that it will defrag at ten PM on Wednesday evenings. lol.
Also, when I want to put files in a particular folders, such as your
message regarding Understanding file management in Windows 7, I just
do a shift tab to the place where I can type in the path of where i
want to put it. You know I'm from the DOS days, and I don't have a
problem typing in the path. ,smile>
I don't use the libraries.
I hate tree views. <smile>
I'm loving Window-Eyes. <smile>
Thanks much.
Many Blessings,
Pat Ferguson
"I can Do all Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me." Phillippians 4:13.
At 07:50 AM 4/25/2014, you wrote:
Hi Robin,
While the Open and Save dialogs in Windows 8.1 have more pieces and
parts when compared to their counterparts in earlier versions of
Windows, the good news is that you can still do things in the same
way once you get the hang of it and make a few adjustments. The
first tip I want to pass along is how to access and use the address
bar. You mentioned a pull down that you used to use, this combo box
has been replaced by the address bar. The shortcut to access the
address bar is Alt-D just like it is in Internet Explorer and other
web browsers. The address bar supports both auto completion and
suggestion lists. So, if you want to save a file or open a file
from your Documents library or your Desktop, just go to the address
bar and type the location followed by Enter. You can also type in
full file or folder paths if you are a bit more old school and know
the exact location of what you are looking for. If you are lazy
like me, I stop typing the location after I hear Window-Eyes
announce the suggestion list and just arrow to the correct location
and press Enter. This allows me to select locations with 3 or 4 key
presses. You can also press Alt-Down to drop down the address edit
combo box to review a list of its history. Overall, I have found
that the address bar can really make you more efficient once you
learn how to use it.
Keep in mind that the address bar is just one way of selecting a
location. As you mentioned, you can also use the tree view in the
navigation pane if that is easier for you. The tree view gives you
not only your standard files and folders but also favorites and
libraries which can be customized to include the folders you use most.
If you are in the oldest of the old school, you have memorized all
files paths and important folder paths from your days of using DOS
and just simply use the File Name edit combo box to type in the full
path of the file you want to open or the location and name for the
file you want to save.
Pressing Backspace while in the files and folders list box for the
selected location still moves you back in the hierarchy in the
current file path. One difference that I notice is that once you
reach the lowest level of the file path, for example, the root of C,
pressing backspace again takes you to Computer and pressing
Backspace again takes you to the Desktop. This is my experience in
Windows 8.1.
One other tip is to set the files and folder
------extPart_000_001B_01CF6063.7457E5A0--
Thanks much.
Many Blessings,
Pat Ferguson
"I can Do all Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me." Phillippians 4:13.
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