Technical information

Windows 8 For Dummies, Dell Pocket Edition

filename or folder name to select it, wait a second,

and click the name again to change it. Some people

click the name and press F2; Windows automatically

lets you rename the file or folder.

When you rename a file, only its name changes. The

contents are still the same, the file is still the same

size, and the file is still in the same place. Renaming

certain folders confuses Windows, especially if those

folders contain programs. And please don’t rename

these folders: My Documents, My Pictures, My Music,

or My Videos.

To rename large groups of files simultaneously,

select them all, right-click the first one, and

choose Rename. Type in the new name and

press Enter; Windows 8 renames that file.

However, it also renames all your other selected

files to the new name, adding a number as it

goes: cat, cat (2), cat (3), cat (4), and so

on. It’s a handy way to rename photographs.

Selecting Bunches of

Files or Folders

Although selecting a file, folder, or other object may

seem particularly boring, it swings the doors wide

open for further tasks: deleting, renaming, moving,

and copying, for example. To select a single item, just

click it. To select several files and folders, hold down

the Ctrl key when you click the names or icons. Each

name or icon stays highlighted when you click the

next one.

To gather several files or folders sitting next to each

other in a list, click the first one. Then hold down the

Shift key as you click the last one. Those two items

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