Back in 2010, we reviewed Librarian, a Windows 7 library manager that helps you conveniently manage Music, Videos, Documents and Pictures libraries. It lets you add, edit and delete existing libraries as well as create new ones. Recently, the application received an update, fixing all the reported bugs such as crash on opening properties of empty libraries created with default Windows Explorer. Other than the bug and crash fixes, it can now allow you to add multiple folders at a time to Libraries.

The main interface of the application is same as before. Click the New Library button and enter the library name to create a new library.

The configuration menu of the selected library lets you change icon, select Library Type and Add folders to the library.

As mentioned earlier, it can now add multiple folders to specified library; you can select all the required folders, and add them to an existing or new library. Just navigate to the folder you wish to add, select it and then click Add Selected Folder button. When all folders are added to the list, click Add available at the bottom.

Librarian works on Windows 7.

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Using Libraries in Windows 7, you can easily manage your files in different provided categories (Music, Videos, Documents, Pictures). This is great until you need to organize the libraries, as apparently there’s is no build-in Windows functionality or any direct way to manage them,  Librarian being a little manager for Windows 7 Libraries can help you out in this situation. It lets you edit and delete the existing libraries (if you don’t need them), while also allows you to create a new library with an option of associating library type and changing the default icon. The idea behind this tool is to provide all the options and tweaks under one roof.

Adding more, you can change the content type of any new or existing library which is useful in times when you need to stack up files with specific extension in one window. For power users, it brings a feature to view the XML content of Library, so they can further customize the content, settings, saved directory, etc, according to the requirements. Furthermore, it perfectly weaves in with every location where libraries are listed, for instance, in Windows Explorer main navigation pane, you will also get to see all the newly created and edited libraries.

The main interface shows you all the existing libraries, to create a new one, click the respective button in the toolbar and give it an appropriate name.

It will bring up New Library dialog, where you can add a source folder, change the default library icon, and choose the Library type. Once done, click OK to create a new library, it will add it up in Library main folder and in Windows Explorer main navigation bar.

Down the line, if you’d need to customize any new/exiting library, right-click its icon in main interface to rename, edit, or delete the library. It also lets user view the location dialog to add/remove a set of locations and show the XML content of the library in question.

If you’re looking for a tool which can back up libraries, and add network locations, check out Windows 7 Library Tool. Librarian was tested successfully on Windows 7 x86 system without any apparent problems.

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Windows 7 Libraries is a great way to organize your data. But still there are some tasks which are most needed with respect to libraries, and cannot be easily performed by a non-technical user like backing up libraries, adding network locations to libraries and such other tasks.

The Windows 7 Library Tool is a small app which lets you perform such tasks with just a couple of clicks.

At the bottom you will find buttons to play with your library settings, you can create new library, modify any existing one, delete any particular library and make backups. The key features of this tool include that it lets you add non-indexed folders to the library, you can create libraries backup, and it lets you change library icons as well.

Select any particular library and hit the Edit button, you will find a dialogue box where you can play with the library’s properties.

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It works on both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7.

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