Fix Error “Documents.library-Ms Is No Longer Working” In Windows 7

© Ramesh Srinivasan | Windows 7 | 30th October 2009

When you double-click a library to view the contents, the following error may occur.

"<libraryname>.library-ms" is no longer working.

For example, the following error may occur when opening Documents library

"Documents.library-ms" is no longer working.
This library can be safely deleted from your computer. Folders that have been included will not be affected.

Similarly when opening the Music, Pictures or Videos library

"Music.library-ms" is no longer working.
"Pictures.library-ms" is no longer working.
"Videos.library-ms" is no longer working.

To fix this problem, open Windows Explorer, right-click on the corresponding library and choose Delete. Click Yes when asked for confirmation.

Note: Deleting a library does not delete the contents of the included folders. However, you may need to re-add or include your folders manually, if needed.

Then, in the navigation pane of Windows Explorer, right-click Libraries and click Restore default libraries.

This recreates the library that was deleted earlier. This option only restores the default libraries.

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  1. Aaron
    said this on Sunday, March 27th 2011 5:43 am

    Thank you! I’ve never seen this error until running Windows 7 in VirtualBox. Simple fix! +5

  2. Susan
    said this on Saturday, March 12th 2011 8:21 pm

    Worked first time! Thanks!!!

  3. richard
    said this on Saturday, March 5th 2011 11:42 am

    not working :( all the library folders are like that, i think its a registry problem since i cant use windows photo gallery either, it gets an error

  4. Samuel
    said this on Tuesday, February 22nd 2011 3:11 pm

    Awesome. Thank you for this knowledge. Restored and never got it until I bumped into this. Many thanks

  5. Charly
    said this on Monday, January 24th 2011 10:03 am

    great job!
    Thank you!

  6. Amy
    said this on Saturday, January 22nd 2011 7:06 am

    Awesome worked 1st try! Great tip!

  7. amanda
    said this on Monday, January 17th 2011 9:20 am

    Thank you, this fixed my documents library.

  8. Chris
    said this on Monday, January 3rd 2011 8:59 pm

    Oh there it goes.. worked on the first try.. thanks :)

  9. Kyle
    said this on Wednesday, December 8th 2010 10:59 am

    Please note: you should delete the file that isn’t working, then right click libraries and hit restore default libraries.

    Thank you so much for this tip, it was a huge help!

  10. Martin
    said this on Tuesday, November 30th 2010 2:41 am

    restore default libraries …….. not working :/
    after restore still got same problem :/

    Pictures.library-ms
    Documents.library-ms
    Videos.library-ms
    Music.library-ms
    RecordedTV.library-ms

    not working :/

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