Win8 novice user to master clever little mind folders and libraries

Author: Shen Yi to

Set Win8 user folder

Windows users will often come into contact file Folders and libraries, the folder refinement settings can better manage files, and the library is like a user-friendly indexing function, allowing users to directly access folders and files on any disk location.

Enter the Win8 system desktop, click the folder icon in the lower left corner to open the Explorer interface, select the "Options" option on the right side (as shown below).

Entering the folder settings

Then the dialog box that pops up is the folder option that we often see on Windows systems.

General tab

. Browser folder options

“Open each folder in the same window", means that the user opens a folder and continues to open another without closing, then another folder will Overwrite the folder of the current window.

<;Opening a different folder in a different window", means that the user opens a folder and continues to open the other without closing, then another folder will create a new one when opened. window.

. How to open the project

“Open the project by clicking on it; when the mouse is placed on the file, select the file and click to open it.

“Open the project by double-clicking; the mouse clicks on the file to indicate only the selection, double-click to open the file.

. Navigation Pane

This is covered in the Essentials of Resource Manager (http://article.pchome.net/content-1623951.html) and will not be described again.

Folders General" Tab Settings

View Tabs

Folder Views

“Apply to Folder & rdquo; Set the format of all folders of the same type as the currently open folder to be the same.

“Reset Folder Reset the folder options to their default settings, click on the prompt box.

Advanced Settings

“Restore the previous folder window when logging in> When this option is checked, the folder that was previously viewed will be automatically opened when the computer is restarted.

“Use the checkbox to select items> When checked, the file will have a checkable small square.

“Display a message when the mouse points to a folder and desktop item> Check this box to display relevant information when the mouse points to a folder or this desktop item.

Folder “View & rdquo; Tab Settings

“Hide Protected Operating System Files In order to prevent users from accidentally deleting important system files, resulting in The important preventive function introduced by the system is unstable, and many times we need to cancel this check.

“Do not show hidden files, folders or drives"“show hidden files, folders or drives", providing users with the option to display or not show hidden files, folders, drives Option.

“Use color to display encrypted or compressed NTFS files>, if this feature is checked, the system will display such files in color.

The rest of the functions are not very common, so I won't go into details here.

Advanced Settings

Associating Win8 Folders to Libraries

Let's look at the library's features. The library is a shortcut for users to manage folders.

The library is like an indexing function. Users can create a library for any folder on the disk and then access it uniformly, regardless of the folder under the C, D, E drive letter. The folder under the drive also needs to "my computer", select the drive, expand the path, etc.), now you can access the library interface to access, we take a look at how the library is used.

Enter the Win8 desktop, click the folder icon in the lower left corner to open the Explorer, the default is the library interface.

The interface includes four categories "Video" & rdquo; "pictures" & rdquo; & ldquo; document & rdquo; "music", for example, the user's video resource folder, no matter which drive, you can Including the "video" library, you can access the folder from the library interface next time, without having to bother to expand the tree directory.

Library main interface

Since the folder is easily accessible to the library, how do you set up the folder to be included in the library?

Select any folder under Explorer, click "Easy Access" in the File menu, and then select "Include to Vault" or create a new library.

Selecting a folder to include in the library

or right-clicking on the folder, you can also select the "Include to library" function.

Right-clicking the folder into the library

Now it's convenient, just put the Office folder under the E drive into the library, now you don't need to visit E again. Click on the “Program Files” folder and click on the folder icon in the lower right corner of the desktop to access the folder directly (as shown below).

Direct access to Office folders through the library on the desktop

After the experience, we know the options for the folder, you can change the operation from the user's point of view. The way the system manages folders. The way to include libraries and create new ones creates a direct channel for users to easily access folders.