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+<h2>I have a folder of source code or documents on my computer and I want to use version control to manage them</h2>
+
+<p>To start using version control for a project folder, you need to
+initialise a repository there.  EasyMercurial does this for you when
+you open the folder.</p>
+
+<p><b>1. Click the Open toolbar button or use File -> Open</b></p>
+
+<p><center><img src="images/openfolder50.png"></center></p>
+
+<p><b>2. Select &ldquo;File folder&rdquo; as the thing you want to open</b></p>
+
+<p><b>3. Browse to your folder</b></p>
+
+<p><b>4. Click OK</b></p>
+
+<p>A new repository will be created, stowed into the working folder you
+selected.  At first, it will have an empty history.  You can then
+start to add and commit changes to your files.</p>
+
+<p>(You will need to &ldquo;add&rdquo; files before you can start to track changes to
+them.  The default is for all files in the folder to be treated as
+&ldquo;untracked&rdquo;, i.e. not included in the history.)
+<ul><li>Note: the equivalent Mercurial command for this is <b>hg init</b></li></ul>