folders to files

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i am very new to my pc and am not sure what i am doing yet it is just trial
and a lot of error but can anyone tell me how to convert a folder into a
file? i am sure this sounds stupid but i am just learning thank you for your
help and if you can please explain in easy to understand language .
 
Hi,

This can not be done. Files are a collection of data. Folders are used
to hold and organize files.

What is it exactly you are trying to accomplish?
 
wildchild said:
i am very new to my pc and am not sure what i am doing yet it is just
trial and a lot of error but can anyone tell me how to convert a
folder into a file? i am sure this sounds stupid but i am just
learning thank you for your help and if you can please explain in
easy to understand language .
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Files and folders are two different things, Trying to convert one into the
other is like trying to convert a banana into an elephant.

If you would explain *why* you want to do this--what you're trying to
accomplish--perhaps somebody her could help you.
 
wildchild said:
i am very new to my pc and am not sure what i am doing yet it is
just trial and a lot of error but can anyone tell me how to convert
a folder into a file? i am sure this sounds stupid but i am just
learning thank you for your help and if you can please explain in
easy to understand language .
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Are you trying to take a folder and convert it into a compressed file for
easy transport/make it smaller/etc?

Just like in "real life" - a folder is a container. You can have many
things inside that folder (files in the computer world) and you can even
have other folders inside the original folder. A container inside a
container..

The only thing I can guess you might have meant was that you had a folder
that has files in it - you want to take that folder and make it intro a
single file for transport/storage. That would be compression. Right-click
on the folder name, choose "send to" fromt he menu that appears and choose
"Compressed (zipped) Folder".. That will create a "file" that contains
everything in that folder.
 
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