Disadvantages of Windows 7

Windows 7: "how I hate you, I count the ways." I have worked with and adapted to all MS from DOS systems, jumping from Vista, but Windows 7 is causing deep pain. Without going into all the trouble, let me mention a couple:

Libraries: Ouch. Looks like you work with folders. N ° can be very confusing if you're used to the "old" windows Explorer, where you HAVE decided where the files. I hack the registry to disable libraries and give up the convenience of Assembly of the files of a similar type located on different drives. A personal choice, of course, but I feel an irritation that MS does not give me the choice without a complex registry hack.

Permissions: I'm the only user, probably the administrator, without administrator password. But I'm still stuck to simple file management tasks. How can I work around this? Any links would be appreciated. I tried to change the permissions under "Properties/Security", but I can do for the directory c:\users\username? For the whole c:\ drive? Do I have to create an administrator account separate, another that I started with?

Sorry for ventilation. I would appreciate any advice. I thought I was pretty BONE and smart file management, but Windows 7 ultimate brought me to my knees.

"If I wanted a MAC, I would have bought a MAC.

Thank you very much.

Jack

1 open Windows Explorer on the folder you want, get in the folder desired and then right click, select create a shortcut.  Then do drag the shortcut to the desktop & rename it if you wish.  You can leave it on the desktop or add it to the start menu, all programs of the files where you want [hover over all programs entry then right click, open to see files then down through any folder you want to add it to].

2 you cannot Pin this shortcut to the start menu or task bar directly.  To do this, it is a bit more complicated.  Go to the start menu, all programs, accessories and right click on the link to the Windows Explorer, then select copy.  Paste this link on the desktop then right click & Select Properties.  In the target field, add a space at the end of the existing entry and then put in the path to your user folder and put in quotes if there are spaces in the path.  You'll end up with this in the target field

%windir%\explorer.exe "C:\Users\YourUserName\My documents".

or

%windir%\explorer.exe "C:\Users\YourUserName\Documents."

[these two do exactly the same thing]

Then you rename the shortcut to something specific if you don't get mixed up with normal Windows Explorer shortcut and then right-click on the shortcut and select PIN to start menu or PIN to the taskbar.  You can then delete the shortcut [or store somewhere far] PIN operation will have created a copy of it in the appropriate settings.

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