Organizing files

[SDorris]

Have you ever spent all day looking for a file you know you have but can't find it?

 

A light bulb went on for me this morning.  If I put the 2 letter abbreviation of a state, or the surname, first in the file name it will all index neatly.  I'm finding I have duplicate copies of some books in my book folder.  I have about three copies of the 5 Co. history. Now all my Ny, and CT and SC and AL  books are grouped together and easier to find what I'm looking for.  I spent all day on the 4th of July looking for a file I accidently dropped in the wrong folder.  I could see the items in my "search" but the path didn't go far enough for me to know which folder it was in.  I tried bringing up a file but that didn't tell me which folder it was in.  Finally I discovered I could open a new folder and then click on each file and "send to" the new folder.  One whole day wasted when I could have been surfing :)

 

Does anyone else have any ideas on how to organize your files on the computer?

 

Susan