Lesson 1 - Chapter 3: Managing Files in Windows

Question 1

How do you write a network path to a shared folder?

Answer 1

\ \computername\sharedfolder

(no space)

Question 2

What’s the difference between a path and a network path? What does a network path look like?

Answer 2

a path is the location on your computer, the network path is for the network

C:\Downloads\Updates
vs
(2 backslashes together) \ \Accounting\Documents

Question 3

What are the 4 important Windows folders?

Answer 3

1. C:\Program Files
2. C:\Program Files (x86)
3. C:\Users
4. C:\Windows

Question 4

What is the C:\Windows folder sometimes referred to in a file path when you’re not sure of where Windows is installed?

Answer 4

%SystemRoot%

Question 5

What does a file’s attribute tell the OS?

Answer 5

To give that file special treatment

(hidden, compressed, read-only, archived, indexed, encrypted)

Question 6

In Win 10 and 11, how do you set the option to show files with the Hidden attribute? (2)

Answer 6

(In File Explorer)
Win10 - View tab > Clear Hidden items checked box
Win11 - View > Show > Hidden items

Question 7

What does a file extension indicate?

Answer 7

The file type (in a 3 letter code)

(.txt, .vdf, .sav, .log, .xml)

Question 8

What are file associations?

Answer 8

They are actions that are mapped to specific file extensions in an internal table so Windows knows how to handle the file

(.doc opens in Word)

Question 9

By default, known file type extensions are hidden. How do you change this in Win10 and Win11?

Answer 9

(In File Explorer)
Win10 - View tab > mark/clear the File name extensions checkbox
Win 11 - View > Show > File name extensions

Question 10

File extensions are optional in ____ and ____

Answer 10

Linux, macOS

(file extensions in these OS don’t carry the same responsibility like they do in Windows so they’re optional)