The Best 1 Win Library Tool Alternatives
Win Library Tool
Extends the capabilities of Windows 7+ Library Folders by using built-in Windows commandline functions arranged in a GUI utility. Add network and un-indexed locations, backup library configuration, symlink libraries to shorten paths.
- Free
- Open Source
- Windows
(later versions of windows may have added some of this app's functionality, into file explorer gui so check first).
from the developer:windows libraries (introduced in windows 7) could have been a really useful feature of windows, however unfortunately they arrived in a slighly cutdown form out of the box. microsoft decided against exposing some really useful capabilities to users, like adding network locations, pretty much the first thing i tried to do. you get this message:
windows7libraryerror
luckily, you can add network locations (and any other unindexed locations), but it must be done programatically. ms supply a command line utility slutil.exe, candidate for the worst named executable in history. pretty sure it stands for shell_library_util. anyway, i decided to write a tool to make it easy to add network locations, and added a few other features as well:
add network (unc or mapped drive) and any other unindexed folders to libraries.backup library configuration, such that a saved set of libraries can be instantly restored at any point (like after a reinstall of the os or for transfer between multiple computers).create a mirror of all libraries (using symbolic links) in [systemdrive]:\libraries. this means you can reference all your files using a much shorter path, and also provides another entrypoint to your files in many places in the operating system (e.g. file open/save dialogs).change a library’s icon.
Links to official Win Library Tool sites
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file-explorer virtual-folders filesystem-utility library-folders
