Locating Folders 2

3 ways to locate files/folders

  1. Accessing folders to use in PSP
  2. Locating files using Start/Explore
  3. Locating files using the Search method




2. Locating files using Start/Explore

NOTE: If you are looking for images, you can use the Browser in your PSP. But, this will not show you any html files (.html), text files (.txt), execute/program files (.exe), zip files (.zip or .rar) or document files (.doc)

1. Let's say you are working on a tutorial and you want to locate the .html file and the images you have so far (hopefully you have it in a TUTORIAL folder). Right click on the START button in the lower left corner of your screen. Scroll up to Explore and click on it.



2. You will get a LARGE window with folders on the left side and the contents of a folder on the right side. Scroll down the list of folders to locate the one that you need, click on it to view all the files in that one folder. (Sorry for the bad resolution of this image, I tried to resize it but still keep the text readable.)



3. I have Windows XP, so this is what I am using for my Screen Shots. If you have another version of Windows, then you will have to check to see what features you have, as they might not be the same. With XP, there are SIX different ways to view the folder contents; Filmstrip, Thumbnails, Tiles, Icons, List and Details. I, myself, prefer to use Thumbnails, but you might like one of the other options. I have posted a Screen Shot of each feature so that you can see the differences........

You get nice sized images to view. Tiles give you large icon-type down one side. Plan on scrolling if you have lots of files.
You will have small icons in rows. You will see one long list of the files in your folder
images & files go along the bottom, when you click on an image, it will appear in the top window.
Any text doucument, .html file, .psp or .pspimage files will NOT show in the above viewer window.
You will see one long list of the files in your folder, showing you the size, type of each item, plus the date.


4. Now that was easy, wasn't it? Now, what if you still cannot locate your image, but you remembered the name you gave it? Continue on to #3 Locating Files using the Search Method.



  1. Accessing folders to use in PSP
  2. Locating files using Start/Explore
  3. Locating files using the Search method



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