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  1. Posts : 299
    Win 7 Professional 32-bit
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    Solved:music system shortcut


    Hey all I frequently use shortcuts that I have copied in the System folder for instant access to folders and applications. One shortcut I would like to use is "music" for quick access to my music library which I have on an external HD. Unfortunately, typing "music" (without quotes) in run, loads the user/My Music folder. How can I change this to the folder where my music is actually stored?

    My current workaround is to rename my shortcut from "music" to "musiq" but I would prefer not to have to do that.

    Thanks!
    Last edited by nabilalk; 04 Sep 2010 at 14:33.
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  2. Posts : 5,440
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
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    Rather than have to type a word in Run why not just create a desktop shortcut to the folder on your Ext HD? Much quicker and easier access! If you want you can type "music" under the dektop icon or make your own icon using the word "music" as the graphic! I bet one of our graphic Gurus would jump at the chance o creating an icon for you! They have "pencils poised"
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  3. Posts : 299
    Win 7 Professional 32-bit
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    mitchell65 said:
    Rather than have to type a word in Run why not just create a desktop shortcut to the folder on your Ext HD? Much quicker and easier access! If you want you can type "music" under the dektop icon or make your own icon using the word "music" as the graphic!
    I prefer keyboard to mouse, and like run shortcuts. Just a preference thing.
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  4. Posts : 71,976
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    Nello Nabilalk,

    You could use the tutorial below to help add the ext. HD to be included in your Music library. This way you can just open the Music library to have access to your entire collection of Music from all of your included folders with the music still being stored in their original locations.

    Library - Include a Folder

    You can even open the Music library from the Start Menu by adding it to the right pane through Customize Start Menu, or pin the Music library folder as a toolbar on the taskbar to make opening it easier.

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
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  5. Posts : 299
    Win 7 Professional 32-bit
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    Thanks for the info. I'm more interested in how the "music" command is governed. I have already added my stored music to the My Music library.
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  6. Posts : 71,976
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    You can open the Music library with the shell:MusicLibrary command.

    However, you could create a shortcut of the Music library (Send to -> Desktop (create shortcut)), move the shortcut to where you would like to keep it saved at on the Windows 7 drive, then assign a keyboard shorcut to the shortcut to use to open the Music folder easier. For example, type M to use Ctrl+Alt+M to open the Music folder through the shortcut.

    music system shortcut-library.jpgmusic system shortcut-properties.jpg
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  7. Posts : 5,642
    Windows 10 Pro (x64)
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    nabilalk said:
    Thanks for the info. I'm more interested in how the "music" command is governed. I have already added my stored music to the My Music library.
    It is a scope thing. the Run box is basically a command prompt. When you open a command prompt for example you start off in "C:\users\[username]" the Run box of course works a little differently as it does implicit conversions. However, when you type "music" it sees a folder "music" so it assumed you want to access that folder.
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  8. Posts : 299
    Win 7 Professional 32-bit
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    logicearth said:
    nabilalk said:
    Thanks for the info. I'm more interested in how the "music" command is governed. I have already added my stored music to the My Music library.
    It is a scope thing. the Run box is basically a command prompt. When you open a command prompt for example you start off in "C:\users\[username]" the Run box of course works a little differently as it does implicit conversions. However, when you type "music" it sees a folder "music" so it assumed you want to access that folder.
    Any way to change what folder it sees when you type music? And what is strange is the fact that typing music in Win XP, didn't do anything. So I guess this has something to do with the Windows 7 libraries. The same thing happens if you type "documents".
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  9. Posts : 299
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    Brink said:
    You can open the Music library with the shell:MusicLibrary command.

    However, you could create a shortcut of the Music library (Send to -> Desktop (create shortcut)), move the shortcut to where you would like to keep it saved at on the Windows 7 drive, then assign a keyboard shorcut to the shortcut to use to open the Music folder easier. For example, type M to use Ctrl+Alt+M to open the Music folder through the shortcut.

    music system shortcut-library.jpgmusic system shortcut-properties.jpg
    Thanks, i will give that a shot.
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  10. Posts : 71,976
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    In addition, the full path to the Music library is this below.

    C:\Users\(User-Name)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Libraries\Music.library-ms

    or

    %UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Libraries\Music.library-ms
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