Moving Files

Computer Science 105: Introduction to Computer Programming I

Getting Started: Moving Files Tutorial

Tutorial 1: Moving your code from disk
This section will give you a crash course on how to move your code files from your disk to your hard drive. Don't repeat steps 7 - 13 if your folder already exists!

  1. Insert your disk (with the code on it) into your floppy drive.
  2. On the desktop, double-click on My computer.
  3. Double-click on the A-Drive.
  4. Hold down the control (ctrl) key on your keyboard and single left-click on each file you want to move
  5. From the Edit menu, select copy
  6. Close this window
  7. On the desktop, double-click on My computer.
  8. Double-click on the E-Drive:
  9. Right-click in the whitespace (not an icon) and select new
  10. Now select Folder
  11. A new folder appears with the name New Folder
  12. Right-click on this folder and rename it to your name. For example, if your name is
  13. John Smith, rename the folder to John Smith.
  14. Close or minimize this window so that you can see the desktop again.
  15. Open up Micrsoft Visual Studio by double clicking on its icon. (Make sure that the top of the window says Microsoft Visual C++. If it does not, you may have opened Visual Basic instead.

Tutorial 2: Getting a Shell File from CD-ROM
This section will give you a crash course on how to move your code files shell files from the course CD-Rom to your hard drive. Shell files are partial code files given to you by your instructor to get you started on a lab. It is your job to "fill in the blanks" and get the file to work in the way the lab book directs. Don't repeat steps 1 - 7 if your folder already exists!

  1. On the desktop, double-click on My computer.
  2. Double-click on the E-Drive.
  3. Right-click in the whitespace (not an icon) and select new
  4. Now select Folder
  5. A new folder appears with the name New Folder
  6. Right-click on this folder and rename it to your name. For example, if your name is
  7. John Smith, rename the folder to John Smith.
  8. Insert your CS-105 Lab Manual CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
  9. On the desktop, double-click on My computer.
  10. Right-click on the CD-ROM Drive (it will have the picture of a CD on it)
    Select "Explore"
  11. Double click on the folder which contains the shell you need (e.g. for lab #1, open the Lab01 folder)
  12. The file you just copied will have read only rights, which means you cannot save it if you edit the file.
  13. To remove read-only rights, right-click on the file, and select properties.
  14. Remove the checkmark from the box marked read only. This box should not be checked.
  15. Now click, OK.
  16. Next, double-click on the shell file you need to use. This will open up the file in Microsoft Visual Studio
  17. In MS-Dev Studio, go to the file menu and select save as.
  18. Double-click on the E-Drive.
  19. Double-click on your folder
  20. Make sure the file name ends in .cpp
  21. Click Save
  22. Remember to delete your temporary directory when you are finished each day!!!
  23. On the desktop, double-click on My computer.
  24. Double-click on the E-Drive.
  25. Select the folder with all of your files and delete them.
  26. Close this window.
  27. On the desktop, double-click on the recycling bin.
  28. Go to the file menu and select empty recycling bin
  29. Close the recycling bin.
     

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