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The X-Files Hints

I keep getting lost! Is there a map anywhere?

  • 1 of 7: There is a diagram of the entire complex to be found.
  • 2 of 7: The map is very accessible to everyone who works here.
  • 3 of 7: They must all use computers.
  • 4 of 7: Have you looked at any of the computer screens?
  • 5 of 7: Glance down the list of subdirectories.
  • 6 of 7: The diagram is located in the Map subdirectory.
  • 7 of 7: It might be helpful to print a hard copy of the map in real life for future use.  Read the section -- Windows 95 Users -- Save and Print any screen shot! -- to learn how.