1st October 2001

Repeat after me: Explorer is my friend. There exist dozens of little shortcuts and tricks buried in the Windows shell to aid you in making your way around. Every window has an icon in the upper left corner, and it, too, has a purpose. If you double-click it, the window or application closes. A single-click produces a menu that lets you manipulate the window. Saving the best for last: in Explorer windows, you can use the icon to copy or move folders around. Using a right-click and drag on the folder icon, transport the folder and its contents to an alternate location of your choosing. Again, the trick is to use the right mouse button to invoke the "Move Here / Copy Here / Create Shortcut Here" menu. Before I found out about this, I used to have to go back a folder so I could drag & drop the folder's icon elsewhere. Not anymore.