"Windows 95 for Moms"
Finding a File By Name and Deleting It

Copyright 1996 by Todd A. Proebsting

To find and delete a file on Windows95 the following should work:

  1. Click on the "Start" button on the bottom left of your screen, which should create a new menu above it.
  2. On the new menu, put your mouse over "Find", which should cause a new menu to pop up to the right.
  3. Move the mouse vertically to the new menu and click on "Files or Folders", which will cause a window to appear.
  4. The new window will have "tabs" just below the menu buttons, one of which is titled "Name and Location." If this tab is ont on top, click on it. (It will do no harm to click on it if it is already on top.)
  5. Select the "Named" input box and type in the file name.
  6. If the "Look in" box does not say "C:" (or whatever drive you want), select the appropriate drive. Selecting the appropriate drive can be done in two different ways:
  7. Click on "Find Now."
  8. If file(s) with that name were found, they will appear below that window with some extra info.
  9. To delete a found file, simply click on the file name in the list below to select it. Then, click on the "File" menu. Inside that menu, click on "Delete." Click on "Yes" to confirm.



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