Technical information

Windows 8 For Dummies, Dell Pocket Edition

Depending on your screen’s current layout, some of

the following onscreen tools may work more easily:

✓ Right-click menus: Right-click a file or folder

and choose Cut or Copy, depending on whether

you want to move or copy it. Then right-click

your destination folder and choose Paste. It’s

simple, it always works, and you needn’t bother

placing any windows side by side.

✓ Ribbon commands: In File Explorer, click your

file or folder; then click the Ribbon’s Home tab

and choose Copy To (or Move To). A menu

drops down, listing some common locations.

Don’t spot the right spot? Then click Choose

Location, click through the drive and folders to

reach the destination folder, and Windows

transports the file accordingly. Although a bit

cumbersome, this method works if you know

the exact location of the destination folder.

✓ Navigation Pane: This panel along File

Explorer’s left edge lists popular locations:

libraries, drives, and oft-used folders. That lets

you drag and drop a file into a spot on the

Navigation Pane, sparing you the hassle of open-

ing a destination folder.

After you install a program on your computer,

don’t ever move that program’s folder. Programs

wedge themselves into Windows. Moving the

program may break it, and you’ll have to reinstall

it. Feel free to move a program’s shortcut (short-

cut icons contain a little arrow), though.

Writing to CDs and DVDs

Most computers today write information to CDs and

DVDs using a flameless approach known as burning.

To see whether you’re stuck with an older drive that

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