When you delete a document, folder, or other file in Windows 7, it is actually placed in the Recycle Bin. The Recycle Bin is generally represented as a trash can on your desktop. If you need to recover a document or other file that you have deleted, you can pull it out of the Recycle Bin. The steps that follow will help you recover a deleted file from the Recycle Bin. This is, of course, provided that the file was lost because you deleted it, and it assumes you’ve not emptied the trash can since the time the item was removed. If you overwrite a document or file, Windows XP may not be able to help you.
1. Right-click on the Recycle Bin icon on your desktop.
2. Select Explore from the pop-up menu. This displays the contents of the Recycle Bin in a Windows Explorer window.
3. Find the item you want to restore in the items listed.
4. Right-click on the item. A pop-up menu appears.
5. Click Restore to restore the item to its original location. Alternatively, you can click Properties to display information about the file you have selected. As you can see, it is possible to restore the item by clicking on the Restore button in the Properties dialog window too.
6. Close the Recycle Bin window by selecting File > Close or by clicking the Close button.
Note that if you have emptied the Recycle Bin or if you have deleted files directly from the Recycle Bin, those files are not recoverable. You empty the Recycle Bin by right-clicking on it and selecting Empty Recycle Bin from the pop-up menu. Again, if you do this, the files are not recoverable. Because they are not recoverable, a warning message appears before the Recycle Bin permanently removes the files.
When you delete a document, folder, or other file in Windows 7, it is actually placed in the Recycle Bin. You can, however, change the settings in the Recycle Bin to determine if files are recoverable, as well as how much room can be used to help make files recoverable. To set these and other Recycle Bin options, use the following steps. Be aware that you must have an administrator-type account to make these changes. If you try to make these changes without having an administrator account type, you will an error message.
1. Right-click on the Recycle Bin icon on your desktop.
2. Select Properties from the pop-up menu. The Global tab in the Recycle Bin Properties dialog window appears.
3. Select whether you want to have a single set of settings that apply to all of the drives on your computer or whether you would like each drive to have its own settings. If you have only one drive, the end result of either selection will be the same. If unsure, select Use One Setting for All Drives.
4. If you choose to configure each drive independently, select the tab in the Recycle Bin Properties for the drive you want to configure. As you can see, the settings are similar to those in the Global tab.
As you create more files and folders on your computer, it becomes more likely that you will lose track of where some are stored. Windows 7 enables you to easily search for files and folders. You can search using a number of criteria, including the filename, the size, the date it was created, and more. You can also set up a search to look in a single folder, across a drive, or across your entire computer. The following steps walk you through searching for a file or folder:
1. Select the Search option from the Start menu.
2. Select an option for what you want to find. There are special search options to help you find pictures, music, or videos, as well as documents such as word processor and spreadsheet files. You can use the All Files and Folders option to search for any file or folder on your computer, including pictures, music, videos, word processor documents, and spreadsheets. Each of the three options has similar prompts for finding your files or folders.
3. Fill in all or part of the filename, as well as a word or phrase that is in the file. You don’t have to enter both of these.
4. Select where you want to search by selecting a value in the Look In drop-down list. By default, Windows XP generally looks in the current folder. You can change this value to search a different folder, drive, your entire computer (select My Computer), a drive such as a disk drive, or even network drives if you are on a network.
5. If you want, you can enter advanced options for your search. To enter advanced options, click on the advanced items to expand them.
6. Click the Search button. The search begins and you are shown a status of the search. When the search is complete, the results — if any — are shown.
7. Click Start a New Search if you want to do a new search; otherwise, you can pick options to refine the search.
8. Click Yes, Finished Searching if you found what you were searching for.
Windows 7 allows you to see as well as set a number of properties on your files. This includes being able to change the properties so that the file can only be read and cannot be updated. You can also hide a file so it cannot be seen by the average user. Other properties that can be set include descriptive information about a file. The following steps walk you through the process of setting properties on a file:
1. Locate the file in Windows Explorer, My Computer, or another Explorer window.
2. Select File > Properties from the menu. Alternatively, you can rightclick on the item and select Properties from the pop-up menu that is displayed. The Properties window is displayed. The Properties tag includes a lot of information about a file. It shows the type of file and the size of the file, as well as how much disk space it is taking and when the file was created and modified last.
3. Select the Read-Only attribute value if you don’t want anyone to be able to make changes to this file.
4. Select the Hidden attribute if you want this file to be hidden on your hard drive.
5. Click the Advanced button to see additional attributes you can set. You will the Advanced Attributes dialog window. Click OK in the Advanced Attributes dialog to return to the standard Properties dialog window.
6. Click the Apply button to apply any changes in the attributes.
7. Click the Summary tab to select the Summary information. Most files allow you to enter summary information about the file. This includes a title, subject, author, categories, keywords, and comments. Some files may have additional items you can enter, while others may protect some of these values.
8. Enter any summary information you would like associated with this file. You can provide any information you want to associate. For example, for a picture file you could add information on when and where the picture was taken.
9. Click the OK button to save the changes and exit the Properties window.
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