What does File Explorer look like?

Below you will find a picture of File Explorer. Various features are marked with colors:

Orange = folder locations
Red = search field
Blue = computer name
green = network drives

Resource explorer shows the locations of folders

The picture below shows a folder in the Z drive:

Using the search field

You can search for files and folders using the search field. The picture below shows an example:

Computer name

You can find the computer name in Resource Explorer:

Network Drives

Network drives are shown in Resource Explorer.

For more information on network drives, click here.

You can access network drives also remotely at https://webdisk.metropolia.fi. Click here for instructions.

Copying files

Copy file and folders

1. Select files/folders that you want to copy.

2. Right-click on the files/folders.

3. Select Copy:

4. Open the location where you want to copy the files/folders to.

5. Right-click in the location.

6. Select Paste.

Copy files and folders by dragging

1. Select files/folders that you want to copy:

2. Move the files/folders to a new location_

Copy files an folders (CTRL+C - CTRL+V)

1. Select files/folders that you want to copy:

2. Press on the CTRL+C keys to copy the selected files and folders:

3. Open the location where you want to copy the files/folders to.

4. Press on the CTRL+V keys to paste hte files and folders:

Did you encounter a problem?

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