5.1 The Windows 9x File Structure and File Management System
5.1.4 Copy or create shortcuts
Another folder can be created inside the previous folder and files or documents copied into this folder. By right-clicking on "car wash steps.doc" (created in the previous section), other options will appear such as Copy or Create Shortcuts.
  • Copy makes a duplicate of the file. Clicking on Edit and Paste while in the newly created folder will place the copy in that folder. There will be two files, one file inside the new folder and one file outside the new folder. Both files will have the same name, which is permitted as long as the files are not in the same folder.
  • Create Shortcuts makes a link from where the file currently resides to the Desktop or other folder. If a shortcut is clicked, the original document opens from its original location (not from the shortcut's location).
Lab Activity  (PDF, 12 KB)
  In this lab, students will be introduced to creating a file in notepad, saving it to the hard drive, then creating a folder on a floppy disk and moving the file from the hard drive to the floppy disk.