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What is the word that will match in the following scenario:

I have opened a folder "A", which is inside the folder "B". So, the path of the folder is "C:\Users\A\B"

If I want to say, "In the notepad, set the path up to the preceding folder " i.e "A" (user is giving path of folder "B").

I meant to say, "Folder earlier to B"

Would "preceding" work? or it should be "earlier"?

Can you help me construct the sentence?

Thanks,
Harry

Philip · Accepted Answer

Does previous fit the situation?

Harry1999 · Answer

I mistakenly put folder A inside B. I should have been B inside A. I am talking about the Windows notepad. Scenario: It is required to the user to set up the path to the folder "A"(which is previous to B) - how can I tell this case to the person I am talking to and (s)he doesn't know about the folders A and B. What would be the general sentence? Does the word "parent" work here?

BarbaraPA · Answer

A is the "parent" folder - that makes sense. Or the "higher level" folder: Go up one level in the hierarchy, to folder A.

Harry1999 · Answer

Grammar GeekA is the "parent" folder - that makes sense. Or the "higher level" folder: Go up one level in the hierarchy, to folder A.

Would this sentence work?

In order to see the data, set up the path up to the previous folder.

BarbaraPA · Answer

No - I'd be thinkinig you meant a folder I had opened previously.

Harry1999 · Answer

Grammar GeekNo - I'd be thinkinig you meant a folder I had opened previously.

Let me try to explain this scenario much clearer.

B is a folder inside A. If a user sets up a path up to the folder A and saves the file, then the files stored in the folder B are visible somewhere in a software.

Now, how can I tell this to a person who doesn't know about the folders A and B?

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