Windows 7 / Getting Started

Program Management

All programs that you purchase out of the box have their own setup programs that lead you through the entire installation procedure. Most of these setup programs launch automatically as soon as you place their program CD-ROMs or DVDs in your computer's CD-ROM/DVD drive.

Tip On the rare occasion that a setup program doesn't start running on its own, you can jump-start the procedure by opening the Run window from the Start menu (just type ru in the Start Search text box if Run doesn't appear on the Start menu and then click its hyperlink) and then typing setup.exe in its Open text box before you click OK or press Enter.

After you've installed your programs on your Windows 7 computer, you can use its Installed Programs window to monitor these programs as well as to repair or remove them.

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In this tutorial:

  1. Computer Management
  2. Disk Management
  3. Opening folders on drives in the Computer window
  4. Mapping a network folder as a local drive
  5. File, Folder, and Library Management
  6. Creating new files, folders, and libraries
  7. Customizing a window's folder options
  8. Changing how you select and open items
  9. Creating compressed (zipped) folders
  10. Extracting files from a compressed folder
  11. Selecting files and folders
  12. Copying (and moving) files and folders
  13. Deleting files and folders
  14. Renaming files and folders
  15. Searching for files
  16. Program Management
  17. Removing or repairing a program
  18. Changing the program defaults
  19. Restart, Sleep/Hibernate, Lock, Log Off, and Shut Down
  20. Windows 7 Explorer
  21. Changing the display of an Explorer window
  22. Sorting and filtering items in an Explorer window