Right-click on the file or folder icon. A menu will pop-up.
Left-click on the
Type the new name of the file or folder.
Press
In the case of files, only the name of the file is highlighted, not the file extention. This is because in general, you will not need to change the extention of a file.
However, in the event that it is necessary to change the extention of a file, you can follow the same steps, and when the name of the file is highlighted, hightlight the file extention with your mouse. Now, type the new file extention and press
Left-click on the file or folder icon. This selects the file.
Press the
Type the new name of the file or folder.
Press
On your system, the
If you name a file with a
Some characters in file and folder names may not be valid in Windows and Mac OSX. Therefore, if you think a file
may need to be read on these systems (like in the event you e-mail it to someone using Windows or Mac), the following characters may cause problems and should be avoided in naming files and folders:
You can't have two files with the same name in the same folder. Also, you can not have a subfolder with the same name as a file in the same folder. Therefore, if you try to rename a file to a name that already exists in the folder you are working in, the
File and folder names are case sensitive.
Example: File.txt and file.txt are different names. This is allowed.
File names can have no more than 255 characters in their names. Use a shorter name.
You do not have permission to rename the file. Generally, if you do not have the correct permissions to rename a file, you should not be renaming the file.
At the shell prompt type:
If you omit the
Explain basic procedure of renaming file
Mention shortcut keys and faster ways of doing it
New section: Mention valid characters, which is basically everything except /, though there are more restrictions if the file is on e.g. a fat32 filesystem.
Common problems when renaming files (i.e. error messages, how to solve problems). Probably a new section for each problem.