This may not be that much of an idea, but I would like to see all of the scattered My ___ directories in one simple tree, that I can backup at will. As I frequently organize my computer dualistically according to 'my stuff' vs. 'stuff that easily gets replaced somehow and therefore doesn't really need a backup,' this would be a nice help.

For instance: Right now in separate trees we have 'Program Files,' 'My Documents,' 'My Shared Folder,' 'My Downloads' etc. I propose to move all of these to subdirectories of 'My' just for a bit of sanity.

In a side rant, I want better automated Start Menu classification. Call me anal, but I hate having 97 companies feel the need to have their own little start menu subgroups; they should self-organize by a standard application type, be it office, games, finance, assistant apps, (like acrobat), networking, imaging, media, hardware apps, programming, etc. That way I won't have to constantly reshuffle 'em.
-- RayfordSteele, Apr 06 2005

All of my 'My...' directories *are* in 'My Documents', (except for the 'Shared Documents' folder, which can't be really).
Those start menu sub-groups can be vetoed on installation, can't they?
-- angel, Apr 06 2005


Yes, or changed.
-- bristolz, Apr 06 2005


All your base are belong to us?
'hope I die before I get' fold'd.
It's much worse than you describe: Application Data/Documents & Settings/ Program Files/WoodElf Forest/Philisophically bankrupt Pre-emptive Strike/Where are my Program Files?/,etc.
-- Zimmy, Apr 07 2005


Be happy and stay out of mounted volume hell. That said, I'm intrigued by your side rant ... but don't get it?
-- reensure, Apr 07 2005


Oh, you know... companies from whom you buy one piece of software, that gets Start Menu stashed under the Company name by default, which 6 months later tells me absolutely nothing about what the program is or does. Some programs offer the option to reset the Start Menu subgroup to a custom one, but others don't. Every so often I do some menu pruning, to organize them by application type, and therefore keep Start:Programs to a controllable size.
-- RayfordSteele, Apr 10 2005


The whole "My *" folder things was one of those little things that encouraged me to ditch Windows altogether. Do they really know better than I how I want my files classified?

The system [Ian] mentioned is even better, and currently can only be weakly simulated by having links to files all over the place.
-- Detly, Apr 11 2005


[+]!!

We need a blog for <b>Next OS Organizer</b>
So that the next version of LinMacWin has a single user requested organization of directories.

Which gives me an idea: (I'll post it separately) Directory Organization Themes and Skins.
-- pashute, Aug 31 2009



random, halfbakery