Creating Additional Libraries

Users can create additional libraries to organize their work better. To create a new library, follow these steps:

1. Click the New Library button on the toolbar and type a name for your new library. This will create a new library that has no library locations and is configured for general content (mixed file types).
2. Right-click the new library you created and select Properties to open the properties sheet for the new library.
3. Include one or more folders in your new library as needed using the procedure outlined in the section titled "Adding Nonindexed Remote Locations to a Library" earlier in this tutorial.
4. Select the Optimize This Library For option and select the type of file content that you plan on storing in your library.

Users can also create a new library and include an indexed folder in the library in a single step by right-clicking the folder or network share in Windows Explorer, selecting Include In Library, and then selecting Create New Library.

Customizing Libraries

By opening the properties sheet for a library, the following library attributes can be modified:

• Library name
• Library locations
• Default save location
• Type of file content for which the library is optimized
• Visibility of the library in navigation pane
• Whether the library is shared (only in HomeGroup scenarios)

Libraries can be customized further by editing their Library Description files, which are Extensible Markup Language (XML) files with the file extension .library-ms that are stored in the %Appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Libraries folder.

Viewing Libraries

When a library is displayed in the navigation pane of Windows Explorer, selecting the library node will display all of the files in all configured locations. This allows users to view the contents of both local folders and remote shares from a single place, making it easier for them to browse for specific files they want.

Users can include more folders in a library or remove existing ones by clicking Locations (next to Includes) beneath the library name. Doing this opens a dialog box displaying a list of configured locations.

Typing text in the Search box when a library is selected in Windows Explorer will result in searching the entire library and all its locations for the specified text.