The following is a basic overview on the Windows7 Libraries
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Windows7 Libraries are a way to help organize and manage your files that are in a variety of locations on your computer |
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Rather than taking the time to open the Windows Explorer and looking through several folders to find commonly used files, you can include them in personalized Libraries. |
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Windows7 comes with default Libraries of Documents, Music, Pictures and Videos |
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When you start the Windows Explorer, you will see Libraries along the left side |
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The default entries will show in both panels |
![](http://web.archive.org/web/20180113162041im_/http://www.onecomputerguy.com/images/windows7/windows7_library_1.jpg) |
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You can add new items to the library by right clicking on Libraries, New, Library |
![](http://web.archive.org/web/20180113162041im_/http://www.onecomputerguy.com/images/windows7/windows7_library_2.jpg) |
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In the following example, I created a new Library entry called Work |
![](http://web.archive.org/web/20180113162041im_/http://www.onecomputerguy.com/images/windows7/windows7_library_3.jpg) |
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Click on Include a folder to add folders to this library |
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In the following screenshot, I included my common Work folder |
![](http://web.archive.org/web/20180113162041im_/http://www.onecomputerguy.com/images/windows7/windows7_library_4.jpg) |
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If you want to delete a folder from a Library, right click on the icon in the right panel and select Delete |
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This will not delete the contents of the folder from the computer but only remove it from the Library |
![](http://web.archive.org/web/20180113162041im_/http://www.onecomputerguy.com/images/windows7/windows7_library_5.jpg) |
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Select to delete the folder and stop sharing (if you don’t need the folder shared) |
![](http://web.archive.org/web/20180113162041im_/http://www.onecomputerguy.com/images/windows7/windows7_library_6.jpg)
![](http://web.archive.org/web/20180113162041im_/http://www.onecomputerguy.com/images/windows7/windows7_library_7.jpg) |