CompTIA A+ Complete: Review Guide

8.2. Windows Directory Structures

This objective expects you to know the directory structure employed in the three Windows-based operating systems that it tests on: Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Vista. It expects you to know the directories in which key files can be found, and that is the focus of this discussion.

8.2.1. Critical Information

Windows versions have used a similar directory structure since Windows 95, and once you learn the basics of where key files are, you can generally feel comfortable no matter which of the newer operating systems you are using. For this objective, however, the focus is on six key topics:

• User file locations

• System file locations

• Fonts

• Temporary files

• Program files

• Offline files

Each of these will be discussed ...