New Folders—It's Not Just My Documents Anymore!

The My Documents folder has been around for quite some time now. However, as we continually advance into newer formats for storing data, the term document just doesn't cover the wide territory that is available on a modern computer. Instead, you have all sorts of files. You can classify some files under the My Documents folders. Examples of these types of files can be word processing files or perhaps spreadsheet or other data files. However, when it comes to multimedia, there are several ways you can categorize your files, and thus make them easier to find. These include the My Music, My Pictures, and My Videos folders.

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