Can libraries be deleted?

I still don't get the idea behind libraries. Why are they better than separate folders? Usually when I want to check something, I just go to the folder it contains without bothering to see 'everything'. so, what's the deal with them?

'Save as' is the way a file must be saved when it's first created. When I use the blank docx file I regard the first time it's re-saved with content and with a new name as the creation of a new file. If I used 'save', then it would be saved as docx1.docx but with content intended to go into a specific folder. Unfortunately the libraries system does not allow saving into a specific folder of the user's choice, but apparently scatters them out at random.

Apparently there is no way to impose the old filing system on Windows 7. I have changed the start menu so it looks like 2000, though the 7 start menu is not as bad as the original XP, and when I open Documents, I get the sub-folders lined up properly. It's when I try to save something that it all falls apart. The system scatters files out to folders with neither rhyme nor reason, then I have to pick through the folders and try to get them organised, but the system fights me and keeps wanting to put things where they don't belong when I try to change where a file is stored.

I don't have 'folders all over the place'. I have a few main folders divided logically into sub-folders. I'm a writer. I know how to set up a filing system. You use a hierarchy that keeps everything in its right place. The Windows 7 libraries scatter files 'all over the place' and make me try and find them. There is no logic to it. I want to put files where I can find them when I need them. The libraries make that difficult.

Anyroad, excuse my rant, and again thanks for your efforts to help. I'll revert to XP for my work, though that machine is slower. I may dump 7 from one of the new machines and install XP in its place. Windows 7 I'll use only for access to the Internet.

Found it. Fixed it. Deleted and wiped the dll files and the horse they rode in on (their folder). Now they appear to be gone for good. Not only that, I notice a bit of a performance improvement in storing and finding files.

This was the only problem I had with 7 and I believe I've cured it. I have no problem now putting files where I want them to be and retrieving them when I need them.

Now about Eight. Is it better? I've seen a screenshot of the desktop and that looks like kindergarten. Do you recommend it? ('you' as in 'you the group')

I gave Windows 8 a try and didn't like the Metro interface one little bit.

I'm with whs on this one and can't see me changing to Windows 8 as I dislike touchscreens anyway.

However, never say never as they say, the RTM version may have some surprises up its sleeve.