How to Drag & Drop Files Into Windows Explorer
Windows Explorer is a component of Microsoft Windows and is the application used to browse files and folders, burn discs, open zipped archive files and launch applications. You can move files from one location to another on your hard drive by dragging and dropping the file from one on-screen folder to another. The file will then be immediately copied or moved, depending on the action chosen at the time of dropping the file.
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Instructions
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Open the Start menu and click "Computer" to open Windows Explorer.
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Navigate to the location on your hard drive where the file you would like to drag is located.
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Repeat this process to open the folder you would like to drop the file to.
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Press the right mouse button over file-to-be-dragged's name in Windows Explorer and hold it.
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Drag the file to its destination folder, then let go of the right mouse button.
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Select "Copy here" from the drop-down menu that appears to copy the file to this folder, creating two copies on the computer. Select "Move here" to move the file from its original location, placing it here and removing the original. Select "Create shortcuts here" to create a shortcut link to the file in the current folder.
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