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[nicckk]

Well, after a short break from CC, and programming in general, I thought it would ask the community how you organize your desktops, and HD's in general.

I guess I could start with a few screen shots.

My desktop usually looks like this,



and with icons on,



The two main folders are organized like this.



In the "Universal Folder" I have: Art, which contains all my Photoshop work. Games, which contains all the games I play, Music,... I think you all get the point.

Another way I keep my desktop neat/organized is with two small applications, Unlocker and Taskbar shuffler.

Unlocker - It was hard to find a picture of it happening however, when I first installed it I had a stubborn program that wouldn't let me erase the shortcut off my desktop. After I unlocked it, I could delete it at ease. Another time this program came in handy, was when I was editing a template. I decided I didn't like the template, closed Dreamweaver, and deleted the template, only to receive a message saying it was still open. I opened up task manager, however Dreamweaver.exe was not there. After unlocking it, I was again able to delete it.

Taskbar Shuffler - If you haven't noticed yet, I enjoy keeping my workspace clean. I have my taskbar on auto-hidden however I dont like having my taskbar cluttered. Taskbar shuffler, basically just lets you re organize your taskbar icons.

Unlocker - Download Unlocker 1.8.7 Free Trial - Get rid of error message like Error deleting file or folder, cannot delete folder: it's being used by another person or program - Softpedia

Taskbar Shuffler - home of the nerd cave - Taskbar Shuffle

Well CC, how do YOU organize your desktops?

[BlaineSch]

I have one folder on the desktop:

BlaineSch

	Art

		Backgrounds

			List of Backgrounds

		Signatures

			Signatures I created

		Brushes

			Photoshop Brushes I save

	Code

		PHP Folder

			Websites

				Folders of Websites

					backup of all website files

		Java Folder

		C/CPP Folder

		Tutorials Folder

	Games

		A bunch of Games

	Music

		All of my Music

	School

		Each semester is a folder

			Each contains assignemnts I have done.

	eBooks

		eBooks I have

[Turk4n]

I does not organize my HDD, my HDD organize me :(

[WingedPanther]

My desktop is a mass of icons.

[John]

My NAS is organized similar to Jordan's structure.

Volume_1
    Audio Books
    EBooks
        PHP
        C++
        ...
    Videos
        Movies
        TV
    Music
    Software
        Windows
        Linux    

My Computer Organization Algorithm:
All my files are located on my Desktop. Generally what happens is after a week or two my Desktop will be filled with files. They usually get placed in a very nondescript folder with one of the following names: "New Folder," "Misc," or "Crap." Numbers get appended to the end ("Crap2") until my desktop is full of nondescript folders. Which then all get placed in another nondescript folder creating a hierarchical structure. This process loops until I reinstall my operating system. When that happens, I make a folder called backup-dd-mm-yy and my Desktop goes in there. My backup gets thrown onto my NAS and I forget all about those files.

crap
    New Folder
    New Folder 2
    New Folder 3
    Misc
    www
    crap
    crap1
    New Text Document.txt
    asdf.txt
    php.php

[organizedchaos]

I don't! :lol: I just place it according to windows (documents, pictures, downloads, etc). It does get confusing and messy like my room. :p