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USING KEYBOARD TO NAVIGATE LARGE FOLDERS
Presumably, you have opened up your Windows folder in
Windows Explorer or My Computer. That is one LARGE
folder! I don't know about you, but mine has 48
subfolders, and 452 files! Say that you're searching your
Windows folder for a file called MEMBOOT.DLL; you would
normally drag the scroll bar around with your mouse. It
MIGHT be faster to use the keyboard. First, make sure the
right pane of Explorer, containing the contents of the
Windows folder, is active. (You might need to click on
that pane with your mouse.) I assume also that you are
using Details view, and that the files and folders are
sorted alphabetically. Then type the letter M, which is
the first letter of the file name MEMBOOT.DLL, and you
will be taken to the first folder or file beginning with
the letter M. If that is not what you're searching for,
then keep typing M until you get there, or get to the
first file beginning with M that comes alphabetically
after MEMBOOT.DLL, whichever is first.
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