music system shortcut

[nabilalk]

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!

 

[mitchell65]

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"

 

[nabilalk]

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.

 

[Brink]

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.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/585-library-include-folder.html

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

 

[nabilalk]

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.

 

[Brink]

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.

 

[logicearth]

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.

 

[nabilalk]

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".

 

[nabilalk]

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.

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Thanks, i will give that a shot.

 

[Brink]

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

 

[nabilalk]

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

What is interesting is that the command above pulls up the music folder on my external (the one that I want). Too bad I can't change whatever Run is launching to point it to the music library folder, rather than user/My Music

 

[Brink]

Well, I'm happy to hear that you were able to get the shortcut that you needed.

 

[nabilalk]

Well, I'm happy to hear that you were able to get the shortcut that you needed.

Oh I'm able to get the shortcut, just not how I want it. There seem to be several work arounds, but none that actually change the run commands that I was originally seeking. I guess the most important thing is gaining quick access to the folder.

 

[logicearth]

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

You can further shorten that up:
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Libraries\Music.library-ms

 

[nabilalk]

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

You can further shorten that up:
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Libraries\Music.library-ms

What I dont get is if the Music Library is set to my external already, what is the music run command looking for?

 

[logicearth]

What I dont get is if the Music Library is set to my external already, what is the music run command looking for?

Its lookin for the first item that is named "music" which happens to be the directory "music" in your user directory. That all that it is, its not a pre-programmed command or anything. If it didn't find "music" in your user directory it would then go though the PATH looping over the paths until it found the first item named "music".

 

[nabilalk]

What I dont get is if the Music Library is set to my external already, what is the music run command looking for?

Its lookin for the first item that is named "music" which happens to be the directory "music" in your user directory. That all that it is, its not a pre-programmed command or anything. If it didn't find "music" in your user directory it would then go though the PATH looping over the paths until it found the first item named "music".

Ok, figured out what was going on. I had two folders called My Music in the C:\User\"username" folder. I deleted the one that is not being used, changed my "musiq" shortcut to "music" and now the run command for "music" opens the folder I want it to Thanks for educating me on how things work so that I could figure out a solution with assistance.

 

[Brink]

I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted.