How to Stop Windows 7 from Grouping Files by Location?

riverflow

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Hey everyone. Okay, if you right click on my documents to the right (properties) through the start menu, and change up the folder, it'll start grouping the documents inside that by location. Even if it's only one location. While the default my documents folder doesn't do that. How do I fix this? I do have Service Pack 1 installed.
 

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hi riverflow, and welcome to sevenforums,

i'm sorry, but i don't understand what you mean.

what exactly do you right-click? and what do you mean by 'change up the folder'?

maybe a screenshot would help?
 

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The right side of the start menu looks like the following:
"Username"
Documents
Pictures
Music

Right click on "Documents" and go to properties. Now, there should be an option called include a folder. That's what I'm talking about.

Screenshot 1 - How the original "My Documents" folder looks.
Screenshot 2 - What I would like removed in the new folder.
 

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that's because it's a library, so it can gather files from different locations.

if the locations weren't there, then you wouldn't be sure which files you were playing with.

imagine your library had a file with the same name stored in two different places - how would you know which file you were looking at if the location data wasn't shown?

by the way, you can upload screenshots to the forum: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html.
 

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ultimate 64 sp1i5 2500K [email protected]8 gigs GSkill Ripjaws 1600amd hd6950
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mickey megabyte 1234
OS
ultimate 64 sp1
CPU
i5 2500K [email protected]
Motherboard
MSI P67A-GD53
Memory
8 gigs GSkill Ripjaws 1600
Graphics Card(s)
amd hd6950
Sound Card
creative x-fi gamer
Monitor(s) Displays
samsung 24"
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
ocz vertex 2e 60 gig, samsung f3 1tb, buffalo 2tb ext
PSU
antec 550
Case
antec three hundred
Cooling
i'm a cooling fan
Keyboard
saitek eclipse ii
Mouse
logitech g3
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about 4 Mbps
Other Info
i love win7
Okay, I understand better now. I'm assuming by "it's" you're referring to "Documents". But does that mean the default "My Documents" is exempt from this? I mean clearly it's not following what you're describing.
 

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