Tutorial 1 – Introduction to Windows xp

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  Folder / Directory are just like the physical file cabinet where you can store your files. You can create one or more folders (or subfolders) within another folder.
  
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  Path - is used to specify a particular location within a tree of the file. For example a full path to a file myDoc.txt may be “C:\Documents and Settings\User1\My Documents\myDoc.txt”
  

Figure 12 shows some of the icons frequently used in Windows applications.