Using virtual folders for file organization(Windows Vista)

            With the concept of libraries, Windows 7 facilitates intelligent organization of certain fi les, like your music fi les, irrespective of their actual memory location. Vista however does not off er this useful function.

            With the help of libraries, you can collate certain files in one location without having to actually move these files to the hard disk. You can have almost the same service in Vista with help of virtual search folders. The only drawback is that you cannot add a complete folder to a library.
            To begin with, open Windows Explorer and start a search request; ‘mp3’ for example. Now, with help of the ‘Search tool | Search window’ command, open the search dialog box and right-click on ‘Advanced search’. With the help of these advanced options, you can further filter your search. In the search for MP3 fi les, click on ‘Music’ in the top line ‘Only show’, so as to stop looking for other documents with the word ‘mp3’. In ‘Location’, specify where Windows needs to search. Simply clicking on ‘Search’ executes the query.
             Subsequently click on ‘Save search’. In the following dialog box, specify a relevant name for the query, e.g. ‘MP3 search’. Now on left side, click on ‘Search folder’ and select a memory location, e.g. Desktop. Clicking on ‘Save’ fi nally creates the search folder. This folder is automatically updated every time. In future, you can directly open the search by double-clicking it, thereby finding all MP3 files.