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.
The good news is that you can easily restore Libraries in Windows 8.1. Here's how:
1. Open File Explorer. You can do this in Desktop mode by clicking the File Explorer icon in the taskbar, or in the Start Screen by typing file and then clicking File Explorer.
2. Click the View tab.
3. Click the Navigation pane button (left side of the toolbar), and then click Show libraries.
Presto! They're back! Ah, Windows--always with the hoop-jumping.
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