How to bring back Libraries in Windows 8.1

October 21, 2013

I've resigned myself to the fact that some questions just don't have answers. For example, who built the pyramids? What really happened to Amelia Earhart? And why did Microsoft disable the Libraries feature in Windows 8.1? You remember Libraries: It was one of the most highly touted (and useful) additions to Windows 7, a way to find and sort files without having to navigate across a zillion far-flung folders. Unsurprisingly, the feature carried over to Windows 8. Surprisingly, it vanished in Windows 8.1. The only explanation I can conceive is that... actually, no, I can't conceive of any explanation. Did Libraries generate too many tech-support calls? Did research show that not many people used it? Again, I'm stumped, but I do think it's yet another slap-users-in-the-face change that makes absolutely no sense. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2056291/how-to-bring-back-libraries-in-windows-8-1.html#tk.rss_howto