Enhancing Your Digital Collection: Mastering the Edit Library Feature

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• Introduction
• Registration
• Using Advanced Installer
  • GUI
  • Working with Projects
  • Installer Project
    * Product Information
    * Resources
    * Files and Folders
    * Files
    * Temporary Files
    * File Operations
    * Folders
    * Permissions Tab - Installer Project
    * Shortcuts
    * Shortcuts
    * INI Files
    * XML Files
    * JSON Files
    * Text File Updates
    * Windows Libraries
    * Edit Library Dialog
    * Tiles
    * Java Products
    * Registry
    * File Associations
    * Assemblies
    * Drivers
    * Services
    * Package Definition
    * Requirements
    * User Interface
    * System Changes
    * Server
    * Custom Behavior
  • Patch Project
  • Merge Module Project
  • Updates Configuration Project
  • Windows Store App Project
  • Modification Package Project
  • Optional Package Project
  • Windows Mobile CAB Projects
  • Visual Studio Extension Project
  • Software Installer Wizards - Advanced Installer
  • Visual Studio integration
  • Alternative to AdminStudio/Wise
  • Replace Wise
  • Migrating from Visual Studio Installer
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Shell Integration
  • Command Line
  • Advanced Installer PowerShell Automation Interfaces
• Features and Functionality
• Tutorials
• Samples
• How-tos
• FAQs
• Windows Installer
• Deployment Technologies
• IT Pro
• MSIX
• Video Tutorials
• Advanced Installer Blog
• Table of Contents

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Edit Library Dialog

In this dialog, you can edit the content and options of a library.

General

The library’s name. You can localize this value.

Click here

Directories

Folder Path

This is a list of directory paths that compose the library. The order in this list is the same as the one in which the elements will appear in Windows Explorer. You can Add, Remove and change the folders’ order by using the [Add ], [Remove ],[Move Up ] and [Move Down ] buttons.

Icon

File

You can choose the file which contains the icons by pressing the [… ] button.

Preview

In this field, a preview of the selected icon will appear. If the file contains multiple icons you can choose the desired one from the list. If you want to revert to no icon press the [Reset ] button.

Options

Optimize for:

Provides a hint about the content of the folders from the library so that Windows Explorer can decide what default view should display for this library.

Pin to Navigation Pane

This option applies only for the Windows Libraries folder. If this option is enabled then this library will be added to the Windows Libraries navigation tree that can be displayed using Windows Explorer

Component

The component that dictates the library state. The library will be created upon the component installation and will be deleted when the component is uninstalled.

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