Windows 7: Pictures or My Picures

cfourkays · 07 May 2009

I think I have this right. Pictures is an example.
My Vista default folders that was de-personalized from "My Pictures" in XP, .etc, to "Pictures" in Vista is back to "My Pictures" in Windows 7 except if I feel lonesome for the Vista folders I was just getting use to I can go to the Library "Pictures" in which I'll find my old "My Pictures" folder.

Pete

Jacee · 07 May 2009

LOL! who's on first

Digger · 07 May 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by cfourkays

I think I have this right. Pictures is an example.
My Vista default folders that was de-personalized from "My Pictures" in XP, .etc, to "Pictures" in Vista is back to "My Pictures" in Windows 7 except if I feel lonesome for the Vista folders I was just getting use to I can go to the Library "Pictures" in which I'll find my old "My Pictures" folder.

Pete

could you translate a little better pls

while i think the answer to this is probably "add to library" and be done.

swarfega · 07 May 2009

Heres one way to achieve that:

Create a folder called Documents in C:\Users\<accountname>
Open Windows explorer
Go to C:\Users\<accountname>
Right click on My Documents and select properties
Go to the location tab
Click the Move button and navigate to the Documents folder you created earlier
Click on ok and then yes and you will now have Documents back.

cfourkays · 07 May 2009

Let me ask this a little better without an attempt at sarcasm:
In Windows 7, is the default folder for images, pictures, etc., back to "My Pictures" which, Ithink, is in the Library folder "Pictures"?

Digger · 07 May 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by cfourkays

Let me ask this a little better without an attempt at sarcasm:
In Windows 7, is the default folder for images, pictures, etc., back to "My Pictures" which, Ithink, is in the Library folder "Pictures"?

correct, also in there will be public pictures if not mistaken by default

myzr7 · 07 May 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by cfourkays

Let me ask this a little better without an attempt at sarcasm:
In Windows 7, is the default folder for images, pictures, etc., back to "My Pictures" which, Ithink, is in the Library folder "Pictures"?

Hello Welcome to SevenForums, cfourkays

Hope that you have a good stay here on SF.
A SevenForums tutorial may help you with that try looking here Windows 7 - Tutorial Index
That will take you to an index of all the tutorials and look for the letter l its on the second page I think and you will find a lot of stuff on this new feature called libraries. lm

Mark · 07 May 2009

It's was a strange decision to add the prefix "My" to documents, pictures, music etc. in the earlier build that was not the case, I guess it was so all the XP users didn't bitch so much about loosing it, personally I preferred it the Vista way without having My on it, I mean who else's would it be?

SIW2 · 07 May 2009

M$ did a lot of research into this, I believe.

They also changed the wording on on other things e.g. "Let me choose". The idea is to give users the feeling of ownership.

Seems bizarre to me.

You could always rename it:

Pictures or My Picures-documents-2009-05-08_011228.jpg

Pictures or My Picures-documents-2-2009-05-08_011314.jpg

Glad we don't have My Computer - that would be nauseating.

Barman58 · 07 May 2009

Hi Si

Quote:

Glad we don't have My Computer - that would be nauseating.

Especially true if you spend a lot of time on other peoples computers

But seriously this research into wording is important - remember the "any" key change to "a" key fiasco in the early days

Windows 7: Pictures or My Picures

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