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Files or folders can be renamed by using Windows Explorer.
| 1 | Open Windows Explorer in one of the following ways: |
| • | Right-click the Windows Start button at the bottom left corner of your screen, then click click File Explorer or Explore or Open Windows Explorer (the terminology varies depending on which version of Windows you are using). |
| • | Press Windows+E (the Windows button on your keyboard and the E key). |
| • | If Windows Explorer is already open, click the Exploring icon on your Windows taskbar or hold down the Alt key while you repeatedly press the Tab key to scroll through open programs to Explorer. |
| 2 | Use Windows Explorer to find the file to be copied. Click once on the file name to highlight it. For instructions on how use Windows Explorer to find a file, see Displaying Folders and Files. |
| 3 | Click File, Rename on the Explorer menu (or right-click on the file, and select Rename). |
| 4 | Type in the new file name and press enter Enter. |
| 5 | Close Explorer by clicking File, Close. |
You can also rename a file from the Open File dialog. See Managing Files from Open File Dialog. If you want the current file to remain in place with the same name, you can use the Save As dialog to save the same file to a new name and/or See Saving a File. You can also use the action line to rename a file. See Rename Command.
See also:
Managing Files from Windows Explorer
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