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The name change from My Computer to the Computer Explorer follows the similar naming convention changes in Windows Vista. My Documents is now the Documents Explorer, My Music is now the Music Explorer, My Pictures is now the Pictures Explorer, and so on. Each item appears on the Start menu as simply Computer, Documents, Music, and so on.

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