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This Time we'll look at files! 

• How to change Folder Location
• How To Share a Folder
• How To Sort,Group Files
• How To stack the Files
• How to customize a Folder
• How to Set Folder Options

 How to Change Folders location

 When, for some reason, you have to change one or all your personal folders location,just follow these steps..   By the way, Personal folders are Documents, Picture, Music ect...

1. Click on Start and then your Account Name at the Top of the Start Menu.
2. Right-click the personal folder you want to change and click on Property from the drop down menu
3. Click on the Location Tab and,if you know the new path,just Type it in the TextBox or else click on Find Target, browse to the new location and press OK.
4. To undo just click Restore Default 

To back-up your files easily, it might be convenient to make top-level folders, for example, C:\WorkDocuments and C:\Personal Documents  On  Vista all your personal folders like My Documents and My Pictures,don't have My anymore and became Documents and Pictures. To open a personal subfolder click on the link below your account name.

 How To Share a Folder

To add a user you want to share files with on the File Sharing  Dialog box Type the name of the user and click Add.

If your computer is part of a Workgroup Click the arrow on the left, choose the user and click Add .  If your computer is part of a Workgroup and you don't see the user in the list
Click the arrow on the right and choose Create a New User to create a new Account.

 To Sort,Group Files

To stack the Files

1. Open the folder with the files you want to stack
2. Click the arrow on the right of the heading you want to stack and the click stack by
3. Choose the option you like from the dropdown menu

To add or change any column heading Right-click any column heading and check or uncheck the heading you want and click OK Or you can click More and choose from this list what to show and what to hide.

How to customize a Folder

You can easily customize the any folder in Vista,you can apply your custom image or images template.

1. Open the Folder you want to customize and Right-click an empty area and choose Customize this folder from the dropdown menu.
2. Or you can choose View > Customize This Folder, then Choose a Template from the dropdown menu Here you can choose the options to place a Picture on the folder icon,click Choose File then browse and get the picture you like.
3. To Replace the Whole standard folder icon,click Change icon and then Browse your Hard Drive to find an icon Click OK.

How to set Folder Options

There is a big offer of options that you can choose to change the appearance and behavior of the folder, here following how to :.

Go to Start > ControlPanel > Appearence and Personalization > Folder Option View tab 

select, by ticking the box,the option you want and click OK
To Restore back to the Vista default , click on Restore Defaults button.

Next, we will see how to work with programs and how to get your old windows and dos programs to work with Vista.