Thread: Renaming a File

You can change the name of a file to a more suitable one, which gives you precise indication about its contents. Such a name makes it easy for you to search the file later on. In Windows 98/2000/Me(XP, you can use up to 255 characters to name a file. Some of the characters which cannot be used in a file name are ? I or If you use a dot in the file name, the letters after the dot would be considered as the file extension. For example, files made in the Word program have a .doc extension.

Shows the Vikas file copied into the temp folder. Let us now r~name it as Sachin through the following steps:

1. Start with the Explorer window of My Computer. First. to search the temp folder, locate the Local Disk in the My Computer Folders box.

2. Move the mouse-pointer on the plus sign beside the Local Disk Cand click the left mouse-button. Instantly, the Local Disk C: contents get displayed in the Contents box.

3. If the temp folder is not visible, use the down-arrow scroll button of the Contents box to locate it.

4. On locating the temp folder, doub/click the left mouse¬button on it. Instantly, the temp folder opens up displaying its contents, i.e. the Vikas file, inside the Contents box.



5. Now, movethe mouse-pointer over the Vikas file. and click the right mouse-button just once. Immediately, a shortcut menu appears.

6. In the shortcut menu, move the mouse-pointer over the Rename option and click the left mouse¬button just once.

7. The file name Vikas gets highlighted. Now, type the new name Sachin. The new name overwrites the old one.click the left mouse-button anywhere in the Contents box to save this file with the new name Sachin. Now, your file-folder structure will be:

Now, to refresh our understanding of the renaming procedure, let us do the following workout. Inside the WI.folder, rename file Vikas to Shalini. Also draw the file-folder structure.

• Begin with the Explorer window of the Local Disk IC.

• In the content box of the local disc,locate the W1 folder.

• Double-click the left mouse-button on the W1 folder. Move the mouse-pointer over the Vikas file in the Contents box. Click the right mouse-button on it

•When the shortcut menu appears, click on the Rename option.

•Type the name Shalini, and click the left mouse-button anywhere inside the Contents box. Now, the file-folder structure would be as follows: