CertiGuide to A+ (Operating Systems)  9  Chapter 0010:  File Attributes       9  III  Saving Files

File Naming Conventions (Most Common Extensions) 1 IV  File Management

We have so many files in our computer it can be very easy to forget where we put them. We may simply not know because a program auto saved (to a default location) them for us. There is help! Windows contains a Find function that will help us locate files, based on what we remember about them.

Try using this method for finding a file:

• Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files or Folders.
  
  
• Click Date to look for files that were created or modified on or between specific dates.
  
  
• Click Find Now.

  Figure 110: Find Files or Folders Dialog Box

  
  

  Figure 111: Find All Files Dialog Box

  
  

Notice we can include subfolders. These are the folders that have associated information such as a viewer for a picture. The search in Figure 112 is looking for a .BMP (Bitmap file) a type of picture or graphic file.

File Naming Conventions (Most Common Extensions) 1 IV  File Management