How to understand folders in Windows 10

I'd like to understand folder setups on my 2 Win10 computers
--- I suppose they follow the same idea as Win7 & Win8 but I never understood them

I unhid the Libraries in Win10 as the instructions to do so are available

So now my documents & pictures folders appear to me to be in 2 locations
--- In This PC & in Libraries
--- Even though working with them isn't the issue what I'd like to know is there an explanation on why those same documents & pictures are in 2 locations if that is the case?
--- I'm not doing Music or Videos yet: will the same pattern apply to them when I want to do them?

MeAndMyComputer said:

I'd like to understand folder setups on my 2 Win10 computers
--- I suppose they follow the same idea as Win7 & Win8 but I never understood them

I unhid the Libraries in Win10 as the instructions to do so are available

So now my documents & pictures folders appear to me to be in 2 locations
--- In This PC & in Libraries
--- Even though working with them isn't the issue what I'd like to know is there an explanation on why those same documents & pictures are in 2 locations if that is the case?
--- I'm not doing Music or Videos yet: will the same pattern apply to them when I want to do them?

You can pick what to open :

The Documents folder (and others) in Libraries are just shortcuts to the real folders which are located under C:\Users\<Username>\.

When I first got into computers a couple of years ago, a very wise man told me that file management was 90% of everything I need to know about computers. I really believe its true.

You are free to organize your files and folders in any manner that you want. Remember that there are actually two very distinct aspects of file/folder management; physical and metaphysical.

The physical aspect is really the easiest aspect to wrap your mind around, this relates to physical drives. I highly recommend that you back up all of your files/folders in at least one extra hard drive, more if you can.

The metaphysical aspect of file/folder management is often the hardest to conceptualize and initiate. This is actually file/folder naming and organizing. The whole string of C:/ document/Rocky/vacation or whatever is part of a hierarchy that you really need to understand in order to not lose control of your files/folders.

But you are in charge and can organize your files/folders anyway that makes sense to you.

Request Rejected