6.6. Opening or Viewing the Library with Windows Explorer
Libraries have an extra way of being viewed as well. Because SharePoint was originally used mainly for document management, Microsoft knew that companies would need a quick, familiar, and easy way to dump documents from a file share into a document library. Because of this, libraries (except the wiki library) can be opened or viewed with Windows Explorer.
Opening the library with Windows Explorer literally opens a Windows Explorer window and displays the library like a Web folder so you can simply drag and drop files into the library from a location on the local machine or a network share. You may think that's no big deal; but remember, a library is actually a table in the content database. ...
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