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Rant

Turn Off Unwanted Windows Explorer Features:

Mar 19, 2015 5:56AM PDT

I am trying to organize files using Windows Explorer from Windows 7. I thought it would be the same as Windows XP but I am an idiot for thinking that Windows Explorer would be the same as it was in Windows XP. Windows 7 added unnecessary and unwanted features to Windows Explorer that I disable. I don't want them. I want to organize the files like I could with Windows XP. For example. When I organized my pictures with Windows XP, I moved them all into the same folder. I opened this folder and created new folders inside this folder (I guess they are called subfolders) and then I would move similar pictures into the same (sub)folder.


<span style="font-size: 14.4799995422363px;">But it looks like Windows 7 groups everything together by file type (such as .jpeg) in the folder AND its subfolders. I don't know where the file is actually located unless I right click and click on "Properties".
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<span style="font-size: 14.4799995422363px;">I thought what was being displayed in Windows Explorer is all the pictures (.jpeg files) in the main folder that HADN'T been moved to a subfolder yet. But I am pretty sure that it is displaying EVERYTHING the folder AND its subfolders. If I tried to organize something in this ridiculous Windows Explorer layout, I would make the files MORE disorganized.
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Please tell me how to turn off these stupid features with Windows 7. I want to view what's in a folder EXACTLY HOW IT IS. I don't want to move these files back to Windows XP because my only Windows XP computer is a tiny 10 inch netbook compared to my 17 inch(?) Widescreen laptop.

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Span styles?
Mar 19, 2015 7:03AM PDT

For me I installed another file browser/manager. There are many out there.
Bob

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I Hate Span Styles:
Mar 19, 2015 7:57AM PDT

I tried moving every folder out of the documents folder and into the desktop. I can see everything in the folders now. It still does not make any sense why it did that.


I mean, the folders were in the documents folder have those weird "auto-organize" features (problems) I described. But when I moved them to the desktop and opened up the folders there they appear identical to Windows XP!


My favorite alternate file manager software is has no free lite version for 64 bit. They require payment which I can't do today. Currently I don't even have the time to search for other file managers. I will have to later.


Span Style code appeared by itself. All I did was click I clicked submit. I don't know why the codes showed up. Perhaps it is an error with either this website or the browser.

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I might have figured out the issue:
Mar 19, 2015 8:07AM PDT

I think that Windows 7 added a very confusing "libraries" feature. I found the path to the desktop which is:

C:\Users\User\Desktop

but the path to "Documents" is

Libraries\Documents

When I opened up a folder on the desktop under the menu bar (File, Edit, View, Tools, Help)
there is another bar (Organize, Open, INCLUDE IN LIBRARY, Share With, Burn, New Folder)

I bet if I clicked on that "Include In Library", it might mix everything up again.
and perhaps clicking "Organize" might actually UNorganize everything.

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I figured it out now:
Mar 19, 2015 8:49AM PDT

I downloaded two registry settings files: "Turn off libraries" and "Turn on Libraries".

I opened the "turn off libraries" file and then restarted the computer. Everything looks better now. I even found files I didn't know were there because I couldn't see them with the "Libraries" were getting in the way.

I enjoy Windows 7's features, but Libraries is certainly not one.