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4th time, not the charm
Bill in Co surly_curmudgeon@earthlink wrote:
Frank Slootweg wrote: Bill in Co surly_curmudgeon@earthlink wrote: Frank Slootweg wrote: pyotr filipivich wrote: [...] Big Al on Sun, 13 Jan 2019 07:14:15 -0500 typed [...] My latest "What were they thinking? Were they thinking?" is the magic folders/link/shortcut. As in "it says 'My Music' but it is really "\D". And by \D I mean that if you search F:\Bakups it will find the directory RawFIles. On Drive D. Which is kind of cool, until you want to remove said 'link', only if you delete "My Music", you are asked if you mean to delete all 385 gigs in the directory. No, I just want to delete the link, but this being Windows, you can't do dat. If I understand you correctly. I think you're confusing the *Library* 'My Music' with the *folder*(s) it is pointing to. If you go to 'Desktop' in File Explorer, you will see a 'thing' called 'Libraries'. 'Libraries; contains your list of libraries, which probably includes '[My] Documents', '[My] Music', '[My] Pictures' and '[My] Videos'. Right-click on the *library* '[My] Music' and select Properties. There you will see that you *can* 'Add...' and 'Remove' the *folders* - called 'Library locationss' - to which the *library* '[My] Music' is pointing. Argge. Elementary, dear Watson, just relax! :-) So yes, you *can* delete the 'link' (read: library) 'My Music', but if you do not want to delete the folders it's pointing to, you first have to 'Remove' those folders from the list of 'Library locations:' in the Properties of the 'My Music' library. N.B. I wrote '[My] Music', etc., because AFAIK the name on Windows 7 is still 'My Music', while on Windows 8.1 (which I have), it's just 'Music'. HTH. P.S. You can also *add* libraries. For example I have one called NetNews which points to my local NetNews/Usenet 'cache'. So the "advantage" of using "libraries" (if you choose) is that you can group some different, but related, things together for a more convenient access in one link? Yes, and these things can be on different drives, can be on Network Shares, can be subfolders, etc.. For example my 'Music' library points to: C:\Users\Frank\Music\something I.e. a subfolder. C:\Music I.e. a top level folder. \\DISKSTATION\music I.e. a Network Share (Media Server) So when I browse my 'Music' library, I have all this music in one 'tree', but I don't see the fluff in C:\Users\Frank\Music which is music-*related*, but isn't music (for example backup of my music library, playlists, lyrics, list of Internet radio stations, etc..). Moral: Not all Microsoft/Windows 'inventions' are bad! :-) I can see how this can be useful if you have a lot of things scattered around in different locations or on different drives. But for a simple and minimalistic approach, I think it just adds another layer of abstraction. (Not as bad as those so called junction points, however). To be [f|F]rank, I hardly use/change the Windows libraries at all, but they can be an advantage. For example my above example of my 'Music' library: Some programs have their ideas about where to put stuff and I have my ideas about where to put stuff. With libraries I can make my wishes have priority, while the programs can still put stuff where *they* want it, it just won't be 'in my face'. I.e. in my example the non-music music-*related* stuff/fluff is 'hidden' from my view. If I *want* to see/access the fluff, I can, but normally it's out of sight. |
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4th time, not the charm
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote:
In message , Frank Slootweg writes: pyotr filipivich wrote: [...] Big Al on Sun, 13 Jan 2019 07:14:15 -0500 typed [...] My latest "What were they thinking? Were they thinking?" is the magic folders/link/shortcut. As in "it says 'My Music' but it is really "\D". And by \D I mean that if you search F:\Bakups it will find the directory RawFIles. On Drive D. Which is kind of cool, until you want to remove said 'link', only if you delete "My Music", you are asked if you mean to delete all 385 gigs in the directory. No, I just want to delete the link, but this being Windows, you can't do dat. If I understand you correctly. I think you're confusing the *Library* 'My Music' with the *folder*(s) it is pointing to. If you go to 'Desktop' in File Explorer, you will see a 'thing' called 'Libraries'. 'Libraries; contains your list of libraries, which probably includes '[My] Documents', '[My] Music', '[My] Pictures' and '[My] Videos'. Right-click on the *library* '[My] Music' and select Properties. There you will see that you *can* 'Add...' and 'Remove' the *folders* - called 'Library locationss' - to which the *library* '[My] Music' is pointing. If I look at the "Properties" of my Documents library (or any of the other three) I can see "Remove", but not "Add". Is this one of the differences between Home (which is what I have) and Pro? I don't know. I use a non-pro version of Windows 8.1. From Wolf K.'s howtogeek reference, I get the impression that the Windows 7 UI is slightly different and that what is called 'Add...' in Windows 8.1 is probably called 'Include a folder...' in Windows 7. Argge. Elementary, dear Watson, just relax! :-) So yes, you *can* delete the 'link' (read: library) 'My Music', but if you do not want to delete the folders it's pointing to, you first have to 'Remove' those folders from the list of 'Library locations:' in the Properties of the 'My Music' library. So can I "Remove" _all_ the entries in (say) the "Documents" Library, then remove the library itself, without actually any files being removed from my discs? Or will it not let me delete the last one? I see [/] My Documents (C:\Users\username) Public Documents (C:\Users\Public) (where [/] is a tick in a box). Where I keep my actual documents is D:\document.s . Is there anything to be lost by getting rid of the four libraries (other than the possible loss of the ability to use libraries, which I can't see ever doing)? Wolf K.'s references seem to indicate that you can only hide the four default libraries (Documents, Music, Pictures and Videos), not delete them. I assumed that you can delete them, because my right-click context-menu has a 'Delete' choice. N.B. I wrote '[My] Music', etc., because AFAIK the name on Windows 7 is still 'My Music', while on Windows 8.1 (which I have), it's just 'Music'. FWIW, on my 7-32 Home, I have no "My"s, just the four words. HTH. P.S. You can also *add* libraries. For example I have one called NetNews which points to my local NetNews/Usenet 'cache'. |
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In message , Wolf K
writes: On 2019-01-13 18:21, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: [...] If I look at the "Properties" of my Documents library (or any of the other three) I can see "Remove", but not "Add". Is this one of the differences between Home (which is what I have) and Pro? [...] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...dows-libraries "196 minutes to read" (plus displays in my browser as having lines that disappear to the right, but no horizontal scroll bar)! https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/1028...braries-featur e-in-windows-7/ Blank white screen in my browser ... https://lifehacker.com/5464350/get-t...inside-and-out I can see the text in that one. (Although it has big gaps where I assume there are images. [I _can_ see the few images near the top left of the page.]) Looks like a good tutorial. (Though doesn't mention _deleting_ libraries at all, certainly no warning about removing folders in them first.) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf The web is a blank slate; you can't design technology that is 'good'. You can't design paper that you can only write good things on. There are no good or evil tools. You can put an engine in an ambulance or a tank. - Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Radio Times 2009-Jan-30 to -Feb-5. |
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In message , Frank Slootweg
writes: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote: In message , Frank Slootweg writes: pyotr filipivich wrote: [...] Big Al on Sun, 13 Jan 2019 07:14:15 -0500 typed [...] My latest "What were they thinking? Were they thinking?" is the magic folders/link/shortcut. As in "it says 'My Music' but it is really "\D". And by \D I mean that if you search F:\Bakups it will find the directory RawFIles. On Drive D. Which is kind of cool, until you want to remove said 'link', only if you delete "My Music", you are asked if you mean to delete all 385 gigs in the directory. No, I just want to delete the link, but this being Windows, you can't do dat. If I understand you correctly. I think you're confusing the *Library* 'My Music' with the *folder*(s) it is pointing to. If you go to 'Desktop' in File Explorer, you will see a 'thing' called 'Libraries'. 'Libraries; contains your list of libraries, which probably includes '[My] Documents', '[My] Music', '[My] Pictures' and '[My] Videos'. Right-click on the *library* '[My] Music' and select Properties. There you will see that you *can* 'Add...' and 'Remove' the *folders* - called 'Library locationss' - to which the *library* '[My] Music' is pointing. If I look at the "Properties" of my Documents library (or any of the other three) I can see "Remove", but not "Add". Is this one of the differences between Home (which is what I have) and Pro? I don't know. I use a non-pro version of Windows 8.1. From Wolf K.'s howtogeek reference, I get the impression that the Windows 7 UI is slightly different and that what is called 'Add...' in Windows 8.1 is probably called 'Include a folder...' in Windows 7. You are right. Sorry. Argge. Elementary, dear Watson, just relax! :-) So yes, you *can* delete the 'link' (read: library) 'My Music', but if you do not want to delete the folders it's pointing to, you first have to 'Remove' those folders from the list of 'Library locations:' in the Properties of the 'My Music' library. So can I "Remove" _all_ the entries in (say) the "Documents" Library, then remove the library itself, without actually any files being removed from my discs? Or will it not let me delete the last one? I see [/] My Documents (C:\Users\username) Public Documents (C:\Users\Public) (where [/] is a tick in a box). Where I keep my actual documents is D:\document.s . Is there anything to be lost by getting rid of the four libraries (other than the possible loss of the ability to use libraries, which I can't see ever doing)? Wolf K.'s references seem to indicate that you can only hide the four default libraries (Documents, Music, Pictures and Videos), not delete them. I assumed that you can delete them, because my right-click context-menu has a 'Delete' choice. I took the plunge and "Remove"d _all_ the entries in my Documents library, including D:\document.s which I'd added, then deleted the library itself - and it's gone. And, D:\documents is still there. I've just tried an experiment: first, I created D:\!! . Then, I added it to the "Music" Library. Then, I "Remove"d all other folders from the Music Library, so it only had D:\!! in it. I then deleted the library - using the shift key. From what had been said here, I expected D:\!! (which I didn't put anything in) to disappear too (the Music library _has_ disappeared), but it didn't - though a padlock symbol has now appeared on it! I was still allowed to delete it though. Repeating the exercise but with the Pictures library but _not_ using shift-delete - same effect - padlock appeared on D:\!!, but I could still delete it. .... I've now removed the four standard Libraries (Documents, Music, Pictures, and Videos), so I have "Libraries" under "Desktop" in Explorer (just above "Homegroup"), with nothing in it. Ah, I can't shift-delete it, and right-clicking has no Delete. (I can't non-shift delete it either.) [] So, just another bit of clutter. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf The web is a blank slate; you can't design technology that is 'good'. You can't design paper that you can only write good things on. There are no good or evil tools. You can put an engine in an ambulance or a tank. - Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Radio Times 2009-Jan-30 to -Feb-5. |
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4th time, not the charm
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
I've now removed the four standard Libraries (Documents, Music, Pictures, and Videos), so I have "Libraries" under "Desktop" in Explorer (just above "Homegroup"), with nothing in it. Ah, I can't shift-delete it, and right-clicking has no Delete. (I can't non-shift delete it either.) [] So, just another bit of clutter. There's a way to change their visibility, if it's the clutter that bothers you. https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...tion-pane.html Paul |
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4th time, not the charm
On Sun, 13 Jan 2019 14:16:28 -0700, "Bill in Co"
surly_curmudgeon@earthlink wrote: So the "advantage" of using "libraries" (if you choose) is that you can group some different, but related, things together for a more convenient access in one link? That's one advantage. I use Libraries to relocate certain folders, such as Documents, to my D: drive. There's already a 'Documents' Library, which points to two folders on C:, so I created a Documents folder on D:, added it to the Documents Library, and made it the default save location. Works a treat. -- Char Jackson |
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4th time, not the charm
In message , Paul
writes: J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: I've now removed the four standard Libraries (Documents, Music, Pictures, and Videos), so I have "Libraries" under "Desktop" in Explorer (just above "Homegroup"), with nothing in it. Ah, I can't shift-delete it, and right-clicking has no Delete. (I can't non-shift delete it either.) [] So, just another bit of clutter. There's a way to change their visibility, if it's the clutter that bothers you. https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...er-add-remove- navigation-pane.html Paul Thanks. I've done that, and will tell you if it has gone next time I reboot. I still find it irritating that we have to get these arcane hex strings from tipsites - I presume _they_ get them from leaks, as I'm sure they can't just find them. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Apologies to [those] who may have been harmed by the scientific inaccuracies in this post. - Roger Tilbury in UMRA, 2018-3-14 |
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4th time, not the charm
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Paul writes: J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: I've now removed the four standard Libraries (Documents, Music, Pictures, and Videos), so I have "Libraries" under "Desktop" in Explorer (just above "Homegroup"), with nothing in it. Ah, I can't shift-delete it, and right-clicking has no Delete. (I can't non-shift delete it either.) [] So, just another bit of clutter. There's a way to change their visibility, if it's the clutter that bothers you. https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...er-add-remove- navigation-pane.html Paul Thanks. I've done that, and will tell you if it has gone next time I reboot. I still find it irritating that we have to get these arcane hex strings from tipsites - I presume _they_ get them from leaks, as I'm sure they can't just find them. :-) That's what it probably says in the "program requirements" section of the document they design to. "Use arcane hex strings to program feature". They're likely just undocumented bit strings, with a "boolean per field" kind of thing. If you set the value to all-zero, Explorer "disappears into a singularity". Paul |
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4th time, not the charm
In message , Paul
writes: J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: In message , Paul writes: J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: I've now removed the four standard Libraries (Documents, Music, Pictures, and Videos), so I have "Libraries" under "Desktop" in Explorer (just above "Homegroup"), with nothing in it. Ah, I can't shift-delete it, and right-clicking has no Delete. (I can't non-shift delete it either.) [] So, just another bit of clutter. There's a way to change their visibility, if it's the clutter that bothers you. https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...er-add-remove- navigation-pane.html Paul Thanks. I've done that, and will tell you if it has gone next time I reboot. I still find it irritating that we have to get these arcane hex strings from tipsites - I presume _they_ get them from leaks, as I'm sure they can't just find them. :-) That's what it probably says in the "program requirements" section of the document they design to. "Use arcane hex strings to program feature". They're likely just undocumented bit strings, with a "boolean per field" kind of thing. If you set the value to all-zero, Explorer "disappears into a singularity". Paul I didn't mean the hex value that we have to set - I understand bit flags (though it's good that someone has worked out at least one of the bits!); I meant the {argle-bargle-itsy-bitsy} string we have to get inside to _get_ at the value we want to change. I could _just about_ accept this sort of obfuscation where it involves commercial software providers hiding where they put their anti-piracy measures/flags/whatever, but I see _no_ justification for the settings for Windows itself: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}\ShellFolde r using such strings. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Apologies to [those] who may have been harmed by the scientific inaccuracies in this post. - Roger Tilbury in UMRA, 2018-3-14 |
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J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Paul writes: J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: In message , Paul writes: J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: I've now removed the four standard Libraries (Documents, Music, Pictures, and Videos), so I have "Libraries" under "Desktop" in Explorer (just above "Homegroup"), with nothing in it. Ah, I can't shift-delete it, and right-clicking has no Delete. (I can't non-shift delete it either.) [] So, just another bit of clutter. There's a way to change their visibility, if it's the clutter that bothers you. https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...er-add-remove- navigation-pane.html Paul Thanks. I've done that, and will tell you if it has gone next time I reboot. I still find it irritating that we have to get these arcane hex strings from tipsites - I presume _they_ get them from leaks, as I'm sure they can't just find them. :-) That's what it probably says in the "program requirements" section of the document they design to. "Use arcane hex strings to program feature". They're likely just undocumented bit strings, with a "boolean per field" kind of thing. If you set the value to all-zero, Explorer "disappears into a singularity". Paul I didn't mean the hex value that we have to set - I understand bit flags (though it's good that someone has worked out at least one of the bits!); I meant the {argle-bargle-itsy-bitsy} string we have to get inside to _get_ at the value we want to change. I could _just about_ accept this sort of obfuscation where it involves commercial software providers hiding where they put their anti-piracy measures/flags/whatever, but I see _no_ justification for the settings for Windows itself: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}\ShellFolde r using such strings. Agreed. That part of it is a bit too clever. "A CLSID is a globally unique identifier that identifies a COM class object" "A COM server is implemented as a COM class." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_Object_Model "It is used to enable inter-process communication object creation in a large range of programming languages." And now we'll need a "junior programmers textbook" to figure out what it actually is. All I'm finding is circular references. I'm having trouble finding a way to identify them, like a text string associated with a registered item. Maybe you'd have to do a search of the registry for the CLSID value, to find things that refer to the item. Paul |
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In message , Paul
writes: J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: In message , Paul writes: J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: In message , Paul writes: J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: I've now removed the four standard Libraries (Documents, Music, Pictures, and Videos), so I have "Libraries" under "Desktop" in Explorer (just above "Homegroup"), with nothing in it. Ah, I can't shift-delete it, and right-clicking has no Delete. (I can't non-shift delete it either.) [] So, just another bit of clutter. There's a way to change their visibility, if it's the clutter that bothers you. https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/35627-libraries-folder-add-remove- navigation-pane.html Paul Thanks. I've done that, and will tell you if it has gone next time I reboot. I still find it irritating that we have to get these arcane hex strings from tipsites - I presume _they_ get them from leaks, as I'm sure they can't just find them. :-) That's what it probably says in the "program requirements" section of the document they design to. "Use arcane hex strings to program feature". They're likely just undocumented bit strings, with a "boolean per field" kind of thing. If you set the value to all-zero, Explorer "disappears into a singularity". Paul I didn't mean the hex value that we have to set - I understand bit flags (though it's good that someone has worked out at least one of the bits!); I meant the {argle-bargle-itsy-bitsy} string we have to get inside to _get_ at the value we want to change. I could _just about_ accept this sort of obfuscation where it involves commercial software providers hiding where they put their anti-piracy measures/flags/whatever, but I see _no_ justification for the settings for Windows itself: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}\ShellFolde r using such strings. Agreed. That part of it is a bit too clever. "A CLSID is a globally unique identifier that identifies a COM class object" [] It could be globally unique and still human-readable. It doesn't need to be a long hex string enclosed in curly brackets - one of thousands such. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive, and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour, and some style. - Maya Angelou, quoted by Annabel Nnochiri, in RT 2017/5/13-19 |
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Char Jackson on Sun, 13 Jan 2019 14:46:25 -0600
typed in alt.windows7.general the following: On Sun, 13 Jan 2019 17:24:04 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote: In message , Big Al writes: On 1/12/19 10:44 PM, pyotr filipivich wrote: [] Oh, and if you use robocopy to copy a profile, use the /XJ switch. Otherwise, you will have Appdata/local/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data unto the 17th or 34th generation. Which you cannot delete, because the path/filename is too long. Fortunately "unlocker.exe" worked. "Unlocked" everything, and then it was just "delete, delete, delete". (download from unlocker.emptyloop.com - it has been a boon many times.) [] ("Take ownership" is another good one.) If it's just overlong file/pathnames that are your problem, then the old DOS command SUBST still works up to at least W7. Another quick and dirty way to deal with cases where the filepath is too long is to rename from the top down, assigning a random single letter to each folder until the total filepath length is within limits. I tend to use that method because it's what I think of first, but SUBST is a cleaner, better way, and works up through at least 8.1. I tried that. This had gotten infinitely looped, sub dir 6 is pointing to sub dir 10 which is pointing to subdir 15, which is pointing to subdir 7. And all link to AppData\Local\Adobe. -- pyotr filipivich Next month's Panel: Graft - Boon or blessing? |
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"J. P. Gilliver (John)" on Sun, 13 Jan 2019
23:06:21 +0000 typed in alt.windows7.general the following: In message , pyotr filipivich writes: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" on Sun, 13 Jan 2019 17:24:04 +0000 typed in alt.windows7.general the following: In message , Big Al writes: On 1/12/19 10:44 PM, pyotr filipivich wrote: [] Oh, and if you use robocopy to copy a profile, use the /XJ switch. Otherwise, you will have Appdata/local/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data/Application Data unto the 17th or 34th generation. Which you cannot delete, because the path/filename is too long. Fortunately "unlocker.exe" worked. "Unlocked" everything, and then it was just "delete, delete, delete". (download from unlocker.emptyloop.com - it has been a boon many times.) [] ("Take ownership" is another good one.) If it's just overlong file/pathnames that are your problem, then the old DOS command SUBST still works up to at least W7. I tried taking ownership - it threw conniption fits. I tried subst. That kind of worked - I could switch to drive X: (which was point to the 15th Application Data directory) and - still couldn't delete things. Arrgh. Fortunately, unlocker worked. "Arrgle bargle, freeping 21st century problems!..." I _think_ you can subst: to something that's already substed. But you got it sorted. I think another thing that might have worked was just to repeatedly type (in a command window) cd applic~1 (I'm not sure if cd "Application Data" dir would have worked) (using the up-arrow to repeat the commands) until you get to the end, then del *.* cd .. rd whatever back out again. That's what I tried at first. Next time, I use the /XJ (exclude junctions) in the commandline -- pyotr filipivich Next month's Panel: Graft - Boon or blessing? |
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Frank Slootweg on 13 Jan 2019 20:46:01 GMT
typed in alt.windows7.general the following: pyotr filipivich wrote: [...] Big Al on Sun, 13 Jan 2019 07:14:15 -0500 typed [...] My latest "What were they thinking? Were they thinking?" is the magic folders/link/shortcut. As in "it says 'My Music' but it is really "\D". And by \D I mean that if you search F:\Bakups it will find the directory RawFIles. On Drive D. Which is kind of cool, until you want to remove said 'link', only if you delete "My Music", you are asked if you mean to delete all 385 gigs in the directory. No, I just want to delete the link, but this being Windows, you can't do dat. If I understand you correctly. I think you're confusing the *Library* 'My Music' with the *folder*(s) it is pointing to. If you go to 'Desktop' in File Explorer, you will see a 'thing' called 'Libraries'. 'Libraries; contains your list of libraries, which probably includes '[My] Documents', '[My] Music', '[My] Pictures' and '[My] Videos'. Right-click on the *library* '[My] Music' and select Properties. There you will see that you *can* 'Add...' and 'Remove' the *folders* - called 'Library locationss' - to which the *library* '[My] Music' is pointing. Argge. Elementary, dear Watson, just relax! :-) So yes, you *can* delete the 'link' (read: library) 'My Music', but if you do not want to delete the folders it's pointing to, you first have to 'Remove' those folders from the list of 'Library locations:' in the Properties of the 'My Music' library. N.B. I wrote '[My] Music', etc., because AFAIK the name on Windows 7 is still 'My Music', while on Windows 8.1 (which I have), it's just 'Music'. HTH. P.S. You can also *add* libraries. For example I have one called NetNews which points to my local NetNews/Usenet 'cache'. Now, when I'm on drive Igor (for I and I search for Rawpods, it is found, even as it is not on drive Igor, but on drive Dug (for D, and only after I have caused Windows to show me _all_ of the directories on drive Igor that I can find I:\bakup\D\ (which is under the alias "My Music"). When I attempt to delete directory I:\Bakup\D, I am informed that it wants to delete all 345 gigs of files. Which just happens to be the size of the contents of drive Dug. This isn't in "libraries" this is on an external drive used for backups. -- pyotr filipivich Next month's Panel: Graft - Boon or blessing? |
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4th time, not the charm
pyotr filipivich wrote:
Frank Slootweg on 13 Jan 2019 20:46:01 GMT typed in alt.windows7.general the following: pyotr filipivich wrote: [...] Big Al on Sun, 13 Jan 2019 07:14:15 -0500 typed [...] My latest "What were they thinking? Were they thinking?" is the magic folders/link/shortcut. As in "it says 'My Music' but it is really "\D". And by \D I mean that if you search F:\Bakups it will find the directory RawFIles. On Drive D. Which is kind of cool, until you want to remove said 'link', only if you delete "My Music", you are asked if you mean to delete all 385 gigs in the directory. No, I just want to delete the link, but this being Windows, you can't do dat. If I understand you correctly. I think you're confusing the *Library* 'My Music' with the *folder*(s) it is pointing to. If you go to 'Desktop' in File Explorer, you will see a 'thing' called 'Libraries'. 'Libraries; contains your list of libraries, which probably includes '[My] Documents', '[My] Music', '[My] Pictures' and '[My] Videos'. Right-click on the *library* '[My] Music' and select Properties. There you will see that you *can* 'Add...' and 'Remove' the *folders* - called 'Library locationss' - to which the *library* '[My] Music' is pointing. Argge. Elementary, dear Watson, just relax! :-) So yes, you *can* delete the 'link' (read: library) 'My Music', but if you do not want to delete the folders it's pointing to, you first have to 'Remove' those folders from the list of 'Library locations:' in the Properties of the 'My Music' library. N.B. I wrote '[My] Music', etc., because AFAIK the name on Windows 7 is still 'My Music', while on Windows 8.1 (which I have), it's just 'Music'. HTH. P.S. You can also *add* libraries. For example I have one called NetNews which points to my local NetNews/Usenet 'cache'. Now, when I'm on drive Igor (for I and I search for Rawpods, it is found, even as it is not on drive Igor, but on drive Dug (for D, and only after I have caused Windows to show me _all_ of the directories on drive Igor that I can find I:\bakup\D\ (which is under the alias "My Music"). When I attempt to delete directory I:\Bakup\D, I am informed that it wants to delete all 345 gigs of files. Which just happens to be the size of the contents of drive Dug. This isn't in "libraries" this is on an external drive used for backups. Is the path a Junction, a Hard Link, a shortcut, or some other kind of linkage ? First you have to identify what it is, to deal with it correctly. This is also a reason to not get too clever using the "traps" the OS offers. Yes, you can link all sorts of stuff together, but at your peril. Paul |
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