In Windows 7, you have a shortcut in the side panel of Start Menu labeled Documents. When you click on it a folder opens up. Normally this folder is %userprofile%Documents which expands to C:Users[username]Documents folder for most of the users, where [username] is your login username for Windows 7.
Windows 7 version of Documents folder is significantly different from the older version of Windows. In Windows 7, Documents is not merely a shortcut but a library of folders. You can include as many folders as you want to the Documents library, but you have to set only one default. This is how :
Include a folder to the Documents library
- Right-click on Documents in the Start Menu side panel and select Properties.
- You can see the folders included in the library in the list. To include another folder click Include a folder…
- This would open a folder open dialog. Choose a folder and click OK.
- Click OK to save settings
Choosing the default folder in the Documents library
The default folder in the Documents library is the folder in which your documents are saved by default. For example, if you want to save a Word document, the Save dialog would have this default folder as the save location, etc, etc. You can set any folder as the default folder using this process :
- Right-click on Documents in the Start Menu side panel and select Properties.
- You can see the folders included in the library in the list. You would see a check mark before the default folder.
- Select a folder you want to make default and click the button Set save location.
- Click OK to save settings
Removing a folder from the Documents library
If you want to remove a folder from the Documents library list, just select it and click Remove button. The folder will be removed from the list. Do not worry, the folder and all its contents would stay intact. Only it would be removed from the list.