Libraries question

When I delete a file or a folder from a library, they are also deleted
in their original locations too. Not exactly helpful. Is there a way to
stop this? I want to empty my libraries completely and start fresh (if I
can find good instructions somewhere).

TIA.
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Tony Vella
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Tony Vella wrote:
> When I delete a file or a folder from a library, they are also
> deleted in their original locations too. Not exactly helpful. Is
> there a way to stop this? I want to empty my libraries completely and
> start fresh (if I can find good instructions somewhere).

The files listed in the library are not actually located there. The
"Library" is more like a "Card Catalog" than a bookshelf. When you
discard the library entry, you also discard the file upon which it is based.

I discarded and disabled the libraries early in my Windows 7 experience,
so I don't know how to clean them out without losing the target files.
You might try backing up the files somewhere, deleting them from the
library, then restoring them from backup.
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Tony Vella wrote:
> When I delete a file or a folder from a library, they are also deleted
> in their original locations too. Not exactly helpful. Is there a way to
> stop this? I want to empty my libraries completely and start fresh (if I
> can find good instructions somewhere).
>
There's no way to stop a file on the HD being deleted when you delete it
from the library.

If, on the other hand, you just want to empty the libraries, right click
on the link, and you can choose which folders are included in them by
using the add and remove locations buttons. Doing this will not change
the contents of you HD, but will point the library at wherever you wish.

For example, my "Documents" library now points to "D:\My Documents",
rather than the default.


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John.

On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:28:59 -0500, Tony Vella <>
wrote:

>When I delete a file or a folder from a library, they are also deleted
>in their original locations too.

Not quite. When you delete a file, it's deleted, but when you delete a
folder it's simply removed from the Library.

>Not exactly helpful. Is there a way to stop this? I want to empty my
> libraries completely and start fresh (if I can find good instructions
>somewhere).

Remove the folders from your Library and you're ready to start fresh.
There's a command to restore the default Libraries, IIRC, and of
course you can create your own.

As for instructions, I thought the information in Windows Help was
pretty good.

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Char Jackson

On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:54:08 -0600, Char Jackson <>
wrote:

>On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:28:59 -0500, Tony Vella <>
>wrote:
>
>>When I delete a file or a folder from a library, they are also deleted
>>in their original locations too.
>
>Not quite. When you delete a file, it's deleted, but when you delete a
>folder it's simply removed from the Library.
>
>>Not exactly helpful. Is there a way to stop this? I want to empty my
>> libraries completely and start fresh (if I can find good instructions
>>somewhere).
>
>Remove the folders from your Library and you're ready to start fresh.
>There's a command to restore the default Libraries, IIRC, and of
>course you can create your own.
>
>As for instructions, I thought the information in Windows Help was
>pretty good.

It is good but there's a lot of users out there who have never read
it. They are often the same people who do their best to get rid of
libraries not realising the advantages.

Steve





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http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...e-default.html
or
Open Explorer, Rt, click Libraries, Select 'Restore Default Libraries'

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"Char Jackson" wrote in message news:...

On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:28:59 -0500, Tony Vella <>
wrote:
There's a command to restore the default Libraries, IIRC, and of
course you can create your own.

As for instructions, I thought the information in Windows Help was
pretty good.

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Char Jackson

On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:43:42 -0500, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"
<> wrote:

>I discarded and disabled the libraries early in my Windows 7 experience,
>so I don't know how to clean them out without losing the target files.

Just remove the folders (not the files) from the Library. Nothing is
deleted from the hard drive that way.

>You might try backing up the files somewhere, deleting them from the
>library, then restoring them from backup.

No es necessario.

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Char Jackson

On 21/01/2012 11:50 AM, John Williamson wrote:
> Tony Vella wrote:
>> When I delete a file or a folder from a library, they are also deleted
>> in their original locations too. Not exactly helpful. Is there a way
>> to stop this? I want to empty my libraries completely and start fresh
>> (if I can find good instructions somewhere).
>>
> There's no way to stop a file on the HD being deleted when you delete it
> from the library. [...]

Which is why they are useless. I can do exactly the same without going
through a library first. And I can see my folders/subfolders in an
Explorer window. So what's the point of the libraries??????

In a related thread I wrote:

"I'd happily use "libraries" if they were the front end of a database
program which would store information about items according to how I've
tagged/classified them. This is how "bookmarks" are done in browsers.
You can create as many "folders" and subfolders to your bookmarks as you
want. Deleting a bookmark does not of course delete what it points to:
it would be bizarre if deleting a bookmark would delete a website."

HTH
Wolf K.

On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:44:24 -0500, Wolf K <>
wrote:

>On 21/01/2012 11:50 AM, John Williamson wrote:
>> Tony Vella wrote:
>>> When I delete a file or a folder from a library, they are also deleted
>>> in their original locations too. Not exactly helpful. Is there a way
>>> to stop this? I want to empty my libraries completely and start fresh
>>> (if I can find good instructions somewhere).
>>>
>> There's no way to stop a file on the HD being deleted when you delete it
>> from the library. [...]
>
>Which is why they are useless. I can do exactly the same without going
>through a library first. And I can see my folders/subfolders in an
>Explorer window. So what's the point of the libraries??????

They aggregate two or more folders into a single view, something
Windows Explorer can't do by itself.

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Char Jackson

On 21/01/2012 5:56 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:44:24 -0500, Wolf K<>
> wrote:
>
>> On 21/01/2012 11:50 AM, John Williamson wrote:
>>> Tony Vella wrote:
>>>> When I delete a file or a folder from a library, they are also deleted
>>>> in their original locations too. Not exactly helpful. Is there a way
>>>> to stop this? I want to empty my libraries completely and start fresh
>>>> (if I can find good instructions somewhere).
>>>>
>>> There's no way to stop a file on the HD being deleted when you delete it
>>> from the library. [...]
>>
>> Which is why they are useless. I can do exactly the same without going
>> through a library first. And I can see my folders/subfolders in an
>> Explorer window. So what's the point of the libraries??????
>
> They aggregate two or more folders into a single view, something
> Windows Explorer can't do by itself.
>

OK, but _I_ can do it. ;-) If I think it's useful, which it usually
isn't. Just means a longer file list.

Still wondering why Libraries,
Wolf K.