Windows 7 "My" annoyance

[Pironemu]

Hello I have been running windows 7 for a but now and have noticed that for some reason it will not let me change the "My" folders such as My Music and documents and such into just Music, Documents, Pictures and the like. When I used Vista I absolutely loved the removal of the My from their names. Is there any way to get it to stop adding the My back every time I delete it?

 

[wirednuts]

i think they want you to use the 'libraries' feature. if you browse through that, the 'my' prefix is not there.

i agree though, its strange they went back to the 'my' thing at all...

 

[shortylickens]

This is why XP is still awesome.

:awe:

 

[wirednuts]

This is why XP is still awesome.

:awe:

xp is fairly horrible in my book. it was really bad when it was first released, and it took a gigantic overhaul in the 2nd service pack just to piece it together in a somewhat secure manner.

vista had a lot of minor issues when it was released, but its a very rugged and stable os. far more secure then xp could ever be. win7 is even better all around, even though its 80% the same as vista.

 

[Pironemu]

personally I think vista had some better ideas.... Why would anyone think of removing the part of the status bar that displayed how much HDD space you have on the current drive? I don't use libraries much and I don't want to I just want to be able to make that stupid my prefix go away so I can properly use my comp.

 

[lxskllr]

personally I think vista had some better ideas.... Why would anyone think of removing the part of the status bar that displayed how much HDD space you have on the current drive?

I prefer Vista, but are you sure about that? I don't have Win7 installed anymore, but won't setting the folder view to "Tile" give you the free space bar?

 

[llee]

I really liked how Vista didn't have Libraries or Homegroups.

 

[wirednuts]

I prefer Vista, but are you sure about that? I don't have Win7 installed anymore, but won't setting the folder view to "Tile" give you the free space bar?

yes it does.

 

[wirednuts]

I really liked how Vista didn't have Libraries or Homegroups.

i dont like libraries/homegroups either. i really dont understand it. a lot of people seem to like it though

 

[Pironemu]

I prefer Vista, but are you sure about that? I don't have Win7 installed anymore, but won't setting the folder view to "Tile" give you the free space bar?

I didn't mean in Computer I mean when in explorer in any folder it would show the current HDDs free space at the bottom of the window on the status bar.

 

[fire400]

xp is fairly horrible in my book. it was really bad when it was first released, and it took a gigantic overhaul in the 2nd service pack just to piece it together in a somewhat secure manner.

vista had a lot of minor issues when it was released, but its a very rugged and stable os. far more secure then xp could ever be. win7 is even better all around, even though its 80% the same as vista.

...you can patch themes and schemes on Vista and Win7 too exactly like Windows XP, if you really hated the security issues on XP but liked the user interface of XP.

 

[Mem]

This is why XP is still awesome.

:awe:

XP should be layed to rest,it has had three SP over the years and still nowhere near as secure as either Vista or Win7.

I wish some people would let XP go,its time has gone and pass,you are talking about an OS nearly 10 years old ,let it RIP and move with the times.

 

[Modelworks]

Replace explorer with a better file manager, there are plenty that are far more capable and have things like collections where you can organize files how you want not like MS wants you to, extract and view most file types and have things like scripting if you want to customize them further. I can do things like open a folder , click a photo and press one icon and have it uploaded to an image share. I can't imagine using explorer to manage files anymore. Once you start using multi-pane file managers you will never go back.

Some of the popular ones:
http://www.ghisler.com/
http://www.speedproject.de/enu/index.html
http://xyplorer.com/
http://www.gpsoft.com.au/
http://se-soft.com/en/Products/Explorer/
http://www.altap.cz/salam_en/index.html

 

[JackMDS]

Leave the My folder alone and build your own Folder tree under C:

Actually it is better then using the Default My folders since you have more flexibility in configuring the sharing with your own created folder.

People keep complaining that OS' are Not creative and flexible without anoticing that their own Creativity/Flexibility seems to be much more limited.

 

[llee]

Someday Microsoft should really stick it to the dumbass consumer by releasing an OS that makes you configure EVERYTHING upfront.

Then they should release an OEM version for those idiots so they have something to retreat back to.