Windows Libraries It is a welcome feature in Windows 7. If this term is not familiar to you, we will give you a brief description of it Windows Libraries.
Libraries (such sounds in Romanian) on Windows 7 are kind virtual folders in which you can view and access documents, images, audio and video files from several locations hard diskof the Once installed Windows 7, on the right side of Start Menu we find access links for Document, Music, Pictures
Links (shortcuts) for access to these libraries can be found on the sidebar Windows 7 from Windows Explore.
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How to add and remove locations (folders) from Windows Libraries.
For this tutorial I took Righteous guinea pigs virtual folder (library) Music.
In the configuration default, if we access this folder from Start Menu or link Music from the side Windows Explorer, we will see the files from "My Music"And"public Music”From the system partition. Most users, when installing the operating system partitions hard diskCPC so as to keep a ~ 20 GB partition for OS and taking the rest of GB partition data storage. (A tutorial that will help you change location default of folders My Document, My Music, My Pictures, Favorites, My Videos.) In such cases virtual folder Music will not help us very much when we want to access from Start Menu folder where we keep our music. To add to our library Music folder, you will need to follow a few steps.
1. open the folder Music Library from Start Menu, and in the window that opens we click on the link that indicates how many locations are included.
2. In the panel that opens we are able to delete existing locations (Select with the mouse and click on location remove) And / or add new locations (Folders that contain audio files).
To add a folder to the Music Library, click “Add… ”> Navigate to the folder we want to add to the Music library> select the folder and click on the“include Folder". In this way, you can add as many folders as you want, from different locations of the hard-disku's
Click OK button in the window Music Library Locations to finish the added folder / folders that you want in Windows Music Library.
If I had the first screenshot of the tutorial folder Music Library empty, now I favorite music at your fingertips in Music Library:
You can do the same for Pictures, Videos, Documents…
Total deactivation Windows 7 Libraries or only hiding the "Library" folders from Windows Explorer and Start Menu.
If this feature of Windows 7 is not helpful and consider that the virtual folders from Start Menu si Windows Explorer bothers you, you have three options to get rid of them Start Menu and two options for Windows Explore. To delete folders "Music","Pictures","Video","Documents"In Start Menu you can use the tutorial: Personalization Start Menu in Windows 7.
Disable Windows 7 Libraries - Windows Explorer & Start Menu.
Hide Windows Virtual Libraries Folders - Windows Explorer & Start Menu
Restore Windows Virtual Libraries Folders - Windows Explorer & Start Menu
For all three options download the archive below. It contains three Fiser reg (Windows registry). One for each option.
"Disable Libraries in Windows 7.Reg”- This“ reg key ”completely disables the“ Library ”feature of Windows 7 and make the folders disappear from Windows Explorer and Start Menu.
WARNING! - the total deactivation of this feature can lead to errors of some programs and some applications Windows 7.
Hide Libraries Icon from Windows 7 Explorer and Start Menu.Reg - Don't turn it off Windows Libraries, but hide folders in Start Menu si Windows Explorer.
Restore Default Settings.Reg - return to the initial settings if you used one of the .reg files above. The file can also be used to correct errors Windows Libraries.
For the changes to be visible, you will have to restart or log off.
