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).

Starting with Windows 11 build 26100.3037 and build 22631.4830, Microsoft has added a New Folder option in the context menu when right-clicking locations in the navigation pane.

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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