Windows 7 Explorer Favorites - Windows Tips

I'm sure you are familiar with Internet Explorer favorites which are used to keep track of your favorite websites in your browser so you have easy access to them when you want to go to a particular page. These come in very handy when you go to the same site on a regular basis. Windows 7 has a similar feature that allows you to use favorites to keep track of your most commonly used folders on your computer making them easy and quick to get to. This would be similar to making a shortcut to a folder on your desktop or somewhere else that's easy to get to.

If you open Windows Explorer or double click your Computer icon you will notice that on the top left of the window there is a Favorites section with some folders underneath it. These will be the Windows default favorites as well as any that may have been added by software that you installed on your computer. This is where you can add your favorite folders for quick access.

These locations can be edited to show the folders that you want to display in the favorites section. To remove a folder simply right click on it and chose Remove. To add a folder all you need to do is navigate to that folder and once you are there right click on the Favorites icon and choose Add current location to Favorites.

In the following example we are currently in a folder called Music. Then all we do is simply right click on the Favorites icon and choose Add current location to Favorites and now the Music folder is in our Favorites section.

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