Morten Skarstad wrote:
> It is still better than the C:\ flat directory structure of pre-95 Windows.
> Except that in english (and probably other) versions of Windows "Program
> files" includes a whitespace in the directory name.</offtopic>
> Personally I prefer to direct them to "D:\Program files".

Hi Morten,

I agree. Prior to Windows 95, Windows 2.1 and 3.1 (if I remember
correctly the numbers) were a mess. Even with Windows 95 & Win98, there
wasn't the concept of a separate data hierarchy from the documentation
hierarchy. Then, when the latest incarnation of 2K/NT/XP-based Windows
software arose, the separation of data from program files became
accepted but Microsoft made such a mess of both directories that I
still use the well organized system I learned off the Internet.

C:\My Archivers (for PGP, PDF, ZIP, RAR, COA32, INCTRL5, etc.)
C:\My Browsers (for Firefox, Netscape, etc.)
C:\My Calendars (for TaskMaster, CalendarManger, etc.)
C:\My Databases (for map programs, address book managers, etc.)
C:\My Editors (for picture editors, video editors, etc.)
C:\My Finances (for Quicken, TurboTax, TaxCut, etc.)
C:\My Games (for games)
C:\My Hardware (for dvd burners, telephony SKYPE, etc.)
C:\My ISP (for NetZero, SBCGlobal, VPN, etc.)
etc.

And, that having been said, I agree that saving these important
programs onto a separate partition is also commonplace practice.

Likewise, it goes without saying too much that the DATA files for each
of these applications goes into the same directory tree in C:\My Data.
For example, PGP keys would go in C:\My Data\My Archivers\PGP Data;
browser bookmarks would go in C:\My Data\My Browsers\Firefox Data, etc.

To those others who say you can't organize your PC by task, well, I
can't say much to them as they wouldn't even understand the point.

Respectfully yours,
Susan