Win 7 Folder Location Comparision with Winodws XP and Vista

Find the changes in Win 7 and location your new location of My Documents folder, My Recent Documents, My Pictures folder, My Music Folder, Video folder My, Computer My Network etc. with windows XP and Windows vista.

One of the challenges that anyone moving to Windows 7 is that Microsoft has chosen to change the location of many elements in the user interface, which can make it hard for you to navigate the tank in some cases. We summarize some of the changes you can expect to see, and how to work around them.

Windows XP	Windows Vista	Windows 7
My Documents folder	Documents folder	Documents library, My Docu‑ ments folder
My Recent Documents Recent Items (Start menu item)	(Start menu item)	Recent Items (Start menu item, disabled by default)
My Pictures folder	Pictures folder	Pictures library, My Pictures folder
My Music folder My	Music folder	Music library, My Music folder
Video folder My	Videos folder	Videos library, My Videos folder
Computer My Network	Computer	Computer
Places	Network	Network
Control Panel	Control Panel	Control Panel
Connect To	Connect To	Connect To (no longer displayed on the Start menu by default)
Set Program Access and Defaults	Default Programs	Default Programs
Printers and Faxes	Control Panel ➪ Printers (was removed from the default Start menu)	Devices and Printers
Help and Support	Help and Support	Help and Support
n/a	Start Menu Search	Start Menu Search
Search	Removed from Start Menu in SP1; available via F3 or Explorer‑ based search boxes	Available via F3 or Explorer‑ based search boxes
Run	Start Menu Search (Run can still be optionally added to the Start menu if desired)	Start Menu Search (Run can still be optionally added to the Start menu if desired)
Windows Explorer and Folders View	Rather than use separate My Computer and Explorer view styles, all shell windows in Windows Vista incorporate an optional and expandable Folders pane in the bottom left corner.	Via Folder Options, you can enable the Folders pane in the Explorer window Navigation pane.
Explorer Menu System	Renamed to Classic Menus and hidden by default, but you can view it by pressing the Alt key.	Same as Windows Vista
Folder Options	Available from the hidden Tools menu and via Folder Options applet in the Control Panel	Available from the hidden Tools menu, via Organize ➪ Folder and search options, and via Folder Options applet in the Control Panel
Explorer Status Bar	Replaced by the Details Pane, which now sits at the bottom of all shell windows by default. Curiously, you can still enable the old status bar by tapping Alt and choosing Status Bar from the View menu.	Same as Windows Vista, but you can also optionally display the old Status bar if desired
Map/Disconnect Network Drive	Accessible via the hidden Tools menu	Toolbar button in Computer window