CS 104 Lab 2 Assignment

Working with files in Windows 9/98/NT5

In order to accomplish this assignment, you must have completed the section "Getting Files from Other Computers" in your in lab class. Lab Assignment Link. If you have not completed (or started) this section, you must use the computers on the third floor of RB where you have access to Arthur. Do the section on "Getting Files from Other Computers" and then follow the directions listed here. If you have completed this section, you may complete this lab on any computer running Windows 95/98/NT.

WARNING

All computers are not equal. The software that is installed, the customizations that have been made and user base will typically alter the default settings. So even if a computer is running under Windows NT, you may not experience the same kind of environment as you do on the third floor. Our lab is very close to the default setting for interacting with Windows NT.

You also have less chance of the instructions being exactly the same if you change the operating system. Other labs on campus may be using Windows 95 or 98. The default setting of NT and these are so close that you will not notice a difference. It's under the covers where all the changes have been made. However, on these computers, customizations have been installed to change the normal way of interacting with the environment. Some of you have notice that the application Windows Explorer is no longer on the Start menu. So you how are you going to launch Windows Explorer as direction number 1 indicates? As with every good environment, there is usually two ways of completing a task. When no Windows Explorer is available, you must use My Computer (second set of instructions).


Viewing Files, Creating Folders and Moving Files with Windows Explorer

  • 1. Launch Windows Explorer. Start->Programs->Windows Explorer
  • 2. Click on 3 1/2 floppy and you will see the Defend folder on the right pane of the Exploring - 3 1/2 Floppy (a:) window. If you do not see this folder, please reread the top paragraph.
  • 3. Create two folders in the root folder of your lab disk. Name one Home2. Give the other your first name.
  • 4. Open the Defend folder and double click on the icon Defend (the one with the jagged red line across it). This is a game. Play for awhile. To quit the game, ctrl + 'Q'. (the plus means press at the same time). Then exit from the window. You should see a new file called Defend.hst. (If you do not see the file extensions, go View->Options->View and remove the check mark from the "Hide MS-DOS file extensions for file types that are registered". To remove just click on the check mark.) This file was created by the game.
  • 4. Move the defend.hst to the Home2 folder.
  • 5. Move the rest of defend or defender files to the your first name folder.
  • 6. Move the remaining files to your floppy's root folder.
  • 7. Delete the Defend folder.
  • 8. Here we prepare to print the contents of the Explorer Window. Display the contents of the root folder on your lab disk in the right pane of Explorer. If the Exploring window does not cover the entire monitor screen, click the maximize window button, located at the upper right corner of the window (the middle button).
  • 9. Press the print screen button on your keyboard. (Usually located in the upper right set of macro keys on the keyboard.)
  • 10. Launch the Paint program from the Start menu. Start->Programs->Accessories->Paint
  • 11. Maximize the Paint program. Go to the Edit menu and click the Paste option. (You should now see a picture of the Exploring Window.)
  • 12. From the File Menu of the Paint program select the Print option.
  • 13. Close the Paint program.
  • 14. Now display the contents of the folder your first name in the right pane of the Exploring window. Make sure the window is maximized. Repeat the process starting at 9.
  • 15. Turn in both print outs at the beginning of your next lab.

    • Viewing Files, Creating Folders and Moving Files Using My Computer

  • 1. Double click on the My Computer Icon.
  • 2. Now, double click on 3 1/2 floppy and locate the Defend folder on window that just popped up. Some of you may have placed the Defend folder in the lab2 folder. If you did this, double click on the Lab2 folder. If you do not find the Defend folder, please reread the top paragraph.
  • 3. Create two folders in the root folder of your lab disk. In the window labeled 3 1/2 Floppy (A:) click File on the menu bar. On the File menu click New. On the New menu click Folder. Name one Home2. Give the other folder your first name.
  • 4. Open the Defend folder and double click on the icon Defend (the one with the jagged red line across it). (If you do you not see icons, click View on the menu bar and click Large Icons on the View menu.) This is a game. Play for awhile. To quit the game, ctrl + 'Q'. (the plus means press at the same time). Then exit from the window. You should see a new file called Defend.hst. (If you do not see the file extensions, go View->Details. This file was created by the game.
  • 4. Move the defend.hst to the Home2 folder. To move files or folders using My Folder, you can use the same techniques of dragging and dropping as you did in Windows Explorer.
  • 5. Move the rest of defend or defender files to the your first name folder.
  • 6. Move the remaining files to your floppy's root folder.
  • 7. Delete the Defend folder.
  • 8. Display the contents of the root folder on your lab disk, My Computer->3 1/2 Floppy (A:). If the 3 1/2 Floppy window does not cover the entire monitor screen, click the maximize window button, located at the upper right corner of the window (the middle button).
  • 9. Press the print screen button on your keyboard. (Usually located in the upper right set of macro keys on the keyboard.)
  • 10. Launch the Paint program from the Start menu. Start->Programs->Accessories->Paint
  • 11. Maximize the Paint program. Go to the Edit menu and click the Paste option. (You should now see a picture of the 3 1/2 Floppy window.)
  • 13. Close the Paint program.
  • 14. Now display the contents of the folder your first name in a window. (Double click on the folder.) Make sure the window is maximized. Repeat the process starting at 9.
  • 15. Turn in both print outs at the beginning of your next lab.