Microsoft Blog - Learn about the libraries in Windows 7

Everyone knows that there is a function called Libraries in Windows 7. So what is the use of this "library"? Let Microsoft's official blog come to us.

What does the library mean for the user?

In order to better understand the concept of the library in Windows 7, we need to review the similar features in the previous version of Windows. In Windows XP and Vista, we provide users with a series of special folders for personal documents and images. In Vista, these folders are designed to help users find the files they want to find faster. However, many users, including me, still put files on the hard disk, which brings certain problems to the indexing and searching of the system.

So, in Windows 7, we introduced the concept of libraries so that users can customize the folders in the library to find them quickly.

In Windows 7, the library is part of the resource manager and the Windows shell, which makes the library use no different from other folders, and it can be searched through the search function in the resource manager. Resources in the library.

So what is the library?

In a nutshell, the library is similar to a folder. That is, after opening the library, you can see more subfolders. But the difference is that the library can display multiple folders in different locations at the same time. More importantly, the library is not the place to actually store files. To be precise, the library is just a virtual folder, which can also be understood as a place to store shortcuts to individual folders.

However, the folders added to the library must first be included in the Windows 7 indexing system. Otherwise it will not be added to the library.