General Create New Folder in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you different ways to create a new folder in Windows 11.

A folder is a location where you can store your files. You can create any number of folders and have folders inside other folders (subfolders).

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1 Navigate to the location where you want to create a new folder on your Desktop (Win+D) or in File Explorer (Win+E).

2 Press the Ctrl + Shift + N keys.

3 Type a name you want for the "New Folder", and press Enter or click/tap somewhere else to apply. (see screenshot below)







1 Open File Explorer (Win+E).

2 Navigate to the location where you want to create a new folder.

3 Click/tap on New on the command bar, and click/tap on Folder in the drop menu. (see screenshot below)


4 Type a name you want for the "New Folder", and press Enter or click/tap somewhere else to apply. (see screenshot below)






1 Navigate to the location where you want to create a new folder on your Desktop (Win+D) or in File Explorer (Win+E).

2 Right click on the background of the Desktop or File Explorer window, click/tap on New, and click/tap on Folder. (see screenshot below)


3 Type a name you want for the "New Folder", and press Enter or click/tap somewhere else to apply. (see screenshot below)

This option is for creating a new folder while saving something using the File > Save As type menu.

You can also use Option One and Option Three to create a new folder in a Save As dialog.

1 Navigate to the location where you want to create a new folder in the Save As dialog.

2 Click/tap on New folder on the toolbar. (see screenshot below)


3 Type a name you want for the "New Folder", and press Enter or click/tap somewhere else to apply. (see screenshot below)

This option is for creating a new folder while exporting a registry key as a REG file in Registry Editor (regedit.exe).

You can also use Option One and Option Three to create a new folder in a Export Registry File dialog.

1 Navigate to the location where you want to create a new folder in the Export Registry File dialog.

2 Click/tap on the Create New folder icon on the toolbar. (see screenshot below)


3 Type a name you want for the "New Folder", and press Enter or click/tap somewhere else to apply. (see screenshot below)







1 Open Windows Terminal, and select Windows PowerShell.

2 Type the command below into Windows Terminal, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)

Substitute Full path to create New Folder in the command above with the actual full path (ex: "C:\Users\Brink\Desktop") of the location where you want to create a new folder at.

Substitute New Folder name in the command above with the actual name you want for the new folder.

For example: New-Item -Path "C:\Users\Brink\Desktop\New Folder" -ItemType "directory" -Force

3 When finished, you can close Windows Terminal if you like.








1 Open Windows Terminal, and select either Windows PowerShell or Command Prompt.

2 Type either command below into Windows Terminal, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)

Substitute Full path to create New Folder in the command above with the actual full path (ex: "C:\Users\Brink\Desktop") of the location where you want to create a new folder at.

Substitute New Folder name in the command above with the actual name you want for the new folder.

For example: md "C:\Users\Brink\Desktop\New Folder"

3 When finished, you can close Windows Terminal if you like.








1 Open Windows Terminal, and select Command Prompt.

2 Type either command below into Windows Terminal, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)

Substitute Full path to create New Folder# in the command above with the actual full path (ex: "C:\Users\Brink\Desktop") of the location where you want to create a new folder at.

Substitute New Folder# name in the command above with the actual name you want for the new folder.

You can add as many "Full path to create New Folder#\New Folder# name" sections to the command for how many new folders you want to create at once.

For example: md "C:\Users\Brink\Desktop\New Folder" "C:\Users\Brink\Desktop\New Folder2"

3 When finished, you can close Windows Terminal if you like.




That's it,
Shawn Brink