My suggestion is to set up the connection to your hosting account and explore a bit until to get a feel of the file structure before adding or deleting files as you can mess up your site by deleting or overwriting important files
Work with files on an FTP site
To create a shortcut to an FTP site so that the site will automatically open in Windows Explorer, follow the steps below.
To create a shortcut to open an FTP site in Windows Explorer
Click to open Computer.
Right-click anywhere in the folder, and then click Add a Network Location.
In the wizard, select Choose a custom network location, and then click Next.
Enter the name of the FTP site, with the full FTP:// in front of it, and then click Next.
To use a name and password, clear that Log on anonymously check box. Type a user name, and then click Next.
To have the FTP site open when you're done setting up the shortcut, just click Next. If you do not want the FTP site to open after you're done setting up the shortcut, clear the Open this network location check box. Click Finish.
A shortcut to the FTP site appears in the Computer folder. You can drag that shortcut to your desktop so that it's easy to find later.
Note
When you first connect to the FTP site, you’ll be prompted for a password. Select the Save password check box if you want Windows to remember that password and connect you directly to the site in the future or for increased security if others use your computer uncheck it.
I have been a member of this forum for a couple of years and read numerous posts about difficulties people have with upload files and have wondered that I had not read of this approach and felt it was time to share. I