Sounds like you're talking about Libraries in Windows 7. Libraries are a
way to organize files based on file type and not the folders where
they're located. I don't spend more than a few minutes a week in Windows
7, but a quick trip to google lead to quite a few links on why Windows 7
has libraries and how to use them. I didn't look through all of them,
but of the first three I looked at, the following seemed to be the best:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/10283/understanding-the-libraries-feature-in-windows-7/

On 24/02/12 22:06, Stan Berman wrote:
> My sympathies to you.  I'm just getting into using a new Windows 7 desktop
> and there are some new-to-me arrangements in this version of Windows that
> are positively quirky.  What seems to be happening is that there is a view
> of the computer's contents that is only a view, at least as far as a screen
> reader (Jaws) is concerned.  Then there is a view that you can actually see
> and access/use.
> 
> I was trying to access a file that I had put on the computer and got a view
> of the folders, but when I went to open the file,  the view of the folders
> and files disappeared.
> 
> I also copied some files to a folder and went to find them and they weren't
> there.  I also downloaded some book files from the Library of Congress
> system and the computer message kept telling me that the files weren't there
> and they had been moved or deleted.
> 
> I don't understand why one needs a view that doesn't allow any access.
> 
> I think that there is one, maybe two ways to access your content.  One is
> using Windows Explorer and the other is via "My computer".
> 
> 
> A given file of the user is found somewhere under:  c:\users\stan\documents\
> or c:\users\ana\documents\.
> 
> What is very confusing is that if you drill down the hierarchy of the
> folders the way you actually get to this folder level doesn't exactly mirror
> this directory I just wrote out for you.  You say, What???
> 
> Here is how I get there:
> 
> First, you open the start menu which gives you the search field.
> 
> Second, you up arrow once, then I press "S" for Stan which takes me to
> "Stan" on the menu.
> 
> Third, you down arrow or press "C" to get to "computer" then go to my
> documents.  I get confused  after getting to Stan, because it seems to me
> that I can get to the folder written out above by going to either computer
> then to my documents or by going to "documents" then my documents using the
> arrow. 
> 
> 
> It seems to me that you can get to the folder level you want/need by two
> routes, but the path that you see or hear is still the same, i.e. what I
> wrote out above.  The piece I don't get yet is why there is a folder titled
> documents and one titled my documents, and that even if I navigate through
> "my documents", that the path doesn't include "my documents" in that path.
> 
> 
> My suggestion is to play with this above until you get the easiest path.
> You will find that once you get to Stan or Ana in your case, use your arrow
> to go further.  If you press enter on Ana or Stan, in my case,  you get a
> list of numbered folders that don't seem to mean anything
> 
> 
> 
> I apologize for being so confusing, but I still don't have this process of
> drilling down chissled in my mind.  
> 
> Let me know how you make out.  I have to go back and check out the drill
> down path once again.  If you make  a  slightly different selection at any
> point, you get folders that sound the same as another path, but they aren't.
> If you ever tried to get to the folders for Outlook Express in XP, you will
> appreciate what I'm talking about.
> 
> I will go back to drilling down this way again and  try to give you a more
> precise  path.  I also want to try using Windows Explorer which I only used
> once.  
> 
>  
> 
> Best of luck.
> 
> Stan
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ana G
> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 9:50 PM
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> Subject: [VICUG-L] How Do I Find My Folder in Windows 7?
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Last night I copied some files to my Windows 7 netbook. Before copying, I
> created a subfolder in My Documents, and I copied the files into that
> subfolder.
> 
> Today I'm not able to find either the folder or the files when I go into My
> Documents, into other folders in the general area where My Documents is
> (i.e., the folder with my name), or into the Acer hard drive. But when I
> search for the files by pressing the Start key and typing the names, they
> all come up and I am able to open them.
> 
> How do I find out where my subfolder is located so I can move it into my
> documents? When I check properties for these files, they're not hidden.
> 
> Ciao

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