Creating your file space

On the Windows Desktop.

1. Create a folder where you will put all of this week’s files.

   1. To do this right click on the desktop and in the popup menu, click new -> folder, as shown in this graphic

2. Give it name of the lab for that week.

3. In that folder, create new folders for each of the projects you will do that week

   1. To do this double click on the folder you just created to open it.

   2. In this opened folder window,

   3. right click just as you did in step 1 and with each folder created, give it the name of the project. You should wind up with as file hierarchy that is similar to this graphic.

      

4. * REMEMBER TO MOVE THE FOLDER CONTAINING ALL YOUR PROJECT FOLDERS OFF THE DESKTOP TO YOUR homes directory WHEN YOU ARE DONE!!!

   1. To do this use "My Computer" as your file manager and navigate to your homes directory and open it as a folder window. You can now drag your folder from the Desktop onto your homes directory window.

   2. Now you safely log out. Don't worry about the files that are left on the desktop because they will all simply disappear.