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Windows Libraries are meta-folders in Windows Explorer introduced in Windows 7 which provide a combined view of several folders, usually a user's personal documents and shared "public" documents of the same file type.

Windows Libraries are meta-folders in Windows Explorer introduced in Windows 7 which provide a combined view of several folders, usually a user's personal documents and shared "public" documents of the same file type.

By default, there are 4 libraries, one for Documents, Music, Pictures, and Video, which combine each of these folders from the user's home directory with the same-named folders in the C:\Users\Public directory. Users may add additional folders to these libraries, and may create completely custom libraries.

Each library has a "default" folder, which is where files will be placed if a user tries to save directly to a particular library.

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How can I hide the new "Folders" list in My Computer on Windows 8.1?

I recently installed Windows 8.1, and unlike Windows 8 this has added a new list of "Folders" in My Computer, above the drives and devices section as follows; I am finding this to be both completely redundant (this same list of folders is also…
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Windows 7 Library Location Limit

In Windows 7, many folders can be added to a library and, in many ways, act as one folder. Is there a limit to the number of Library locations within a library?
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Is it possible to disable the Libraries feature in Windows 7?

The new Libraries feature in Windows 7 creates what are essentially virtual folders — you can combine multiple document folders together into a single library that combines them all into a single folder, create new libraries, and access them from…
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Library folder view not respecting the folder setting

In Windows 7, you could give each folder its own view settings. There were templates like "Documents", "Pictures", and so forth, but you could customize each folder as you saw fit. Except when viewing that folder through a library. When you did…
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No more custom libraries on Windows 10?

On Windows 10, in the left pane in File Explorer, under the "This PC" node, we have some 'special' folders like "Desktop", "Documents", "Videos", "Music", etc. All very nice, but unlike in Windows 7, I can't find a way to add my own 'Library'…
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How can I determine the location of the current user's Documents folder from a Windows batch script?

I know I could use %userprofile%\Documents, but this only works if the Documents folder is still in the default location. I am looking for something that works even if the user has changed the location (i.e., from the Location tab in Documents…
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How to add Libraries in "This PC" on windows 8.1?

Is there any way to add Libraries in "My Computer"/"This PC" like Drives or Documents etc. ? EDIT: Something like this image
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Editing start menu items in registry

I'd like to be able to have the windows 7 start menu link to folders and not link to the stupid libraries. In Windows vista you could add the the Downloads folder into the start menu with messing with the…
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View contents of multiple folders in one folder

I am looking for a way to create a folder that lists the content of multiple other folders in a similar way to what those "Libraries" (or whatever they are called) do in newer Windows versions. This "virtual folder" and the source folder should be…
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How to merge subfolders in libraries?

I have managed to group folders using Can I get rid of the Windows 7 libraries folder dropdowns? But now I see 3 folders all called "Soft" Currently this library includes: D:\Me E:\Shared F:\Test The last one is added to see if it will merge the…
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Remove Libraries from Windows 10 Windows Explorer

How do I remove Libraries from Windows Explorer in Windows 10? Pressing delete while the registry folder is selected does nothing. Right-clicking to get the context menu does not reveal a delete option. The Navigation pane option for libraries is…
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Difference between "save location" and "public save location"

I am trying to move away from using the OneDrive as a default save location. In file explorer I right-clicked on Documents a pop-up appears that displays two library locations: the local C: drive and the OneDrive. My understanding is that "Set save…
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How can I use Windows Libraries icons for my own folders?

I relocated my Windows Libraries to a set of folders of my own: Now I also want to use the same icons for these folders. How can I do that? I tried Customize under the folder's properties, but I can't seem to find the icons in shell32.dll.
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windows 8.1: 2 folders with same name and includes in folder section

I have problem with folder section in my windows 8.1, there are two folders having the same name and includes while it should be named pictures and videos with different contents as in Libraries folders. Check screenshot:
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MSVCP120D.dll is missing from your computer

I made a C++ program in Visual Studio, and I wanted to show it to my friend. However, I'd never set up the visual C++ runtime libraries before, and so I started up a windows 8.1 virtual machine and tried to install the libraries there, from this…
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