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Re: Create a directory(object) from DRIVES?

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From: Jon L. Gauthier
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 19:15
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In article <exujlg.132.0@exu.ericsson.se> exujlg@exu.ericsson.se (Jon L. Gauthier) writes:
>From: exujlg@exu.ericsson.se (Jon L. Gauthier)
>Subject: Create a directory(object) from DRIVES?
>Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 16:12:45 GMT

>Don't laugh - I've got an OS/2 2.0 user (actually, our applications
>programming manager) here at work who is new to OS/2.  He asked me
>how he could create new directories from within the Drives folder in
>the WPS.

>"Simple." says I.  "Just click on the upper left button in the window of 
>the drive you want it on, select Create Directory, and type in the name of 
>the directoryyou want to create."  Of course, I had up to that time used 
>only the'real man's' method to create directories - from the command line.

>So he tries it, and guess what: no 'Create Directory' menu option.  So I 
>look everywhere - command reference, the FAQ, tutorial, and can't find it.
>If a programming manager and an network systems manager can't figure it out, 
>how are our regular users going to figure it out when we unleash OS/2 on an 
>unsuspecting public?  Surely it's so obvious that we can't see the forest 
>for the trees!  

>Help!!!

I think I found an answer to my own question - like I thought, it was 
staring me in the face:  Right-click on the directory/folder that you want 
to create a sub-directory in, and select Create Another.  Follow the prompts 
and everything works from there.

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Jon L. Gauthier                                 Ericsson Network Systems, Inc
EXU/IS/TP Systems Programmer                                  P.O. Box 833875
+1 214 997-0157                                     Richardson, TX 75083-3875

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