The Computer folder is the gateway to your computer’s contents, and it displays the icons that represent all your local storage areas: removable disk drives, hard disks, CD and DVD drives, and so on, as well as shared network files. From here you can venture as deep into the folder structure of your computer as you dare.
Click the Start button, and choose Computer from the Start menu to open the Computer window.
Point to a folder and review the properties and content of the folder.
Click a new destination if you want to work in a different folder.
To open a folder, double-click it, or, if the folder is already selected, press Enter.
"Windows Views" and "Changing the Window View" for information about changing the way files and folders are displayed.
Click a location to return to it.
Click a down arrow to see a list of locations you can go to, and click a location to go to it. If the scroll arrows appear, use them to find all available locations.
Click the Back button to return to the previous window, or click the Forward button, if available, to move to a folder you visited previously and then left using the Back button.
To open a folder in a new window, hold down the Ctrl key and double-click the folder.
If you want to explore everything, click Folders in the Navigation pane to show all your drives and folders. Click a folder to go to that folder.
"Adding a Link to a Folder" for information about adding your own destinations to the Favorite Links list.