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Tip

You can move the Documents folder, if you like. For example, you can move it to a removable
drive, like a pocket hard drive or a USB flash drive, so you can take it to work with you and
always have your latest files at hand. To do so, open your Documents folder. Right-click a blank
spot in the window; from the shortcut menu, choose Properties. Click the Location tab, click
Move, navigate to the new location, and click Select Folder.
What’s cool is that the Documents link in every Explorer window’s navigation pane still opens
your Documents folder. What’s more, your programs still propose storing new documents there—
even though the folder isn’t where Microsoft originally put it.

Music, Pictures, Videos. You guessed it: These are Microsoft’s
proposed homes for your multimedia files. These are where song

files from ripped CDs, photos from digital cameras, and videos
from camcorders go.

OneDrive. This is the actual, for-real storage location for your
machine’s local copy of the files and folders on your OneDrive
(Figure 3-15).

Saved Games. When you save a computer game that’s in progress,
the game should propose storing it here, so you can find it again

later. (It may take some time before all the world’s games are
updated to know about this folder.)

Searches. As described on “Limit by Size, Date, Rating, Tag,

Author…”, you can save searches for reuse later. This folder stores
shortcuts for them.

Note

Your personal folder also stores a few hidden items reserved for use by Windows itself. (To view
hidden folders, turn on “Hidden items” on the View tab of the Ribbon.) One of them is AppData, a
very important folder that stores all kinds of support files for your programs. For example, it
stores word-processor dictionaries, web cookies, Edge security certificates, and so on. In general,
there’s not much reason for you to poke around in them, but in this book, here and there, you’ll
find tips and tricks that refer you to AppData.