Inspired by the music library function of Windows Media Player, the Libraries are one of the new Windows 7. They can better sort and find your files, regardless of their actual location on the hard disk.
Thus, a library is a virtual folder that lists all files of the same genus, regardless of their location on the hard drive of your computer. Inside the Image Library, you will find such images stored in your My Pictures folder, but all those recorded elsewhere in any other folder on your computer. The files are displayed in the same window, even if they are physically recorded on several different hard drive.
Windows 7 has four default Library: Documents, Pictures, Music and Videos. You can easily customize it to reference the contents of the folders of your choice, you can create your own libraries, add content that is on your system, customize their icons, etc..
Access Library:
By default, Windows 7 has 4 pre-defined libraries that allow you quick access to your images, documents, music and video.
- To access the library, open the Start menu and click on your name.
- In the left pane, click Library.
- You can also click directly on the Explorer icon in the taskbar.
- You now have access to pre-defined libraries.
- Double click a library to open and view files and folders it contains. These can be spread throughout your computer.
Complete Library:
Libraries can reference the contents of the folders you want. You can add a file to a library for quick access to its files.
- To take into account other files in a library, first open it.
- Click the x locations Includes side of the field.
- The list of physical files which are stored files is displayed. Click the Add button.
- Select a new folder to add to the list and collect the contents by the library. Click Include folder.
- To remove a file from a library, select the location and click Remove. Note that the file is not deleted from your hard drive, it just is no longer listed by the library.
- Click OK.
- You can quickly add a file to a library by clicking the right mouse button in Explorer, pull down the menu include in the library and click on the library of your choice. Note that a file may well be in several libraries.
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