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I have two libraries
OS > Program Files(x86)>Arduino>libraries
OS>Users>cppne>Documents>Arduino> libraries
Should I move all that is under Program Files to the one under cppneDocuments?
Having the two when I install new libraries I sometimes end up with two.
The ones I download from Manage libraries end up in the Users>cppne>Documents>Arduino>libraries

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The Arduino IDE comes with some bundled libraries to get people started without them needing to learn how to install a library. These are located in OS > Program Files(x86)>Arduino>libraries. You should not install any of your own libraries to that location. The reason is that everything under OS > Program Files(x86)>Arduino whenever you update to a new version of the Arduino IDE. The correct place for you to install your own libraries is to the libraries subfolder of your sketchbook folder (OS>Users>cppne>Documents>Arduino> libraries in this case). The sketchbook folder persists through IDE updates so you will not lose the libraries you install there.

retiredme:
Should I move all that is under Program Files to the one under cppneDocuments?

No. That would just be a waste of time. The Arduino IDE uses multiple libraries folders so there is absolutely no problem with leaving the IDE bundled libraries just where they are intended to be.

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Thank you!

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pert:
The reason is that everything under OS > Program Files(x86)>Arduino whenever you update to a new version of the Arduino IDE.

Sorry, that sentence should have been:

The reason is that everything under OS > Program Files(x86)>Arduino is lost whenever you update to a new version of the Arduino IDE.