{"id":1353,"date":"2015-04-15T10:05:42","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T04:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=1353"},"modified":"2019-05-12T02:56:29","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T02:56:29","slug":"libraries-listed-under-desktop-navigation-pane-windows-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/libraries-listed-under-desktop-navigation-pane-windows-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Libraries Listed Under Desktop in the Navigation Pane in Windows 7?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The navigation pane in Windows 7 lists Libraries as a separate category by default, as in the picture below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived2\/w7-show-all-folders-2.png\" width=\"372\" height=\"487\"><\/p>\n<p>In some systems, Libraries may be listed under Desktop, and users may be wondering why it&#8217;s listed so all of a sudden, or think it may be due to inadvertent dragging of Desktop icon over Libraries or vice-versa. It&#8217;s not so. There is a simple (but overlooked) setting for the navigation pane where in you can choose to show all folders or not.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived2\/w7-show-all-folders-1.png\" width=\"372\" height=\"487\"><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Simply right-click on a blank space in the navigation area, and uncheck &quot;Show all folders&quot;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived2\/w7-show-all-folders-3.png\" width=\"372\" height=\"487\"><\/p>\n<p>Alternately, you may change this setting via Folder Options applet as well. Refer <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-in\/windows\/working-with-navigation-pane#1TC=windows-7\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Working with the Navigation pane<\/a> at the Microsoft site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The navigation pane in Windows 7 lists Libraries as a separate category by default, as in the picture below: In some systems, Libraries may be listed under Desktop, and users may be wondering why it&#8217;s listed so all of a sudden, or think it may be due to inadvertent dragging of Desktop icon over Libraries &#8230; <a title=\"Libraries Listed Under Desktop in the Navigation Pane in Windows 7?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/libraries-listed-under-desktop-navigation-pane-windows-7\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Libraries Listed Under Desktop in the Navigation Pane in Windows 7?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-7"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3500,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/drives-listed-twice-explorer-navigation-pane\/","url_meta":{"origin":1353,"position":0},"title":"External Drives Listed Twice (Duplicate) in File Explorer Navigation Pane","author":"Ramesh","date":"July 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Disk drives (both fixed as well as removable drives) appear under the \"This PC\" category in File Explorer navigation pane. 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