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[โ€“] [email protected] 48 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Me: "I've got an elaborate folder structure for all my documents."

Windows: "You want to put this in the root directory of OneDrive."

Me: "No, I want to put it in \SpecialFiles\ProjectName\IterationNo\DetailedSchematic"

Windows: "Root directory of OneDrive it is."

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

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[โ€“] [email protected] 40 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Microsoft and application developers treat the Documents folder like a total dumping ground for whatever random nonsense they can dream up. No wonder people look elsewhere. Need to store user files? Documents. A database? Documents. Giant cache files? Documents. Config? Documents. Executables? Fuck it put those in Documents too.

Why would I ever store my real documents in a folder so littered with shit that I can never find anything? It's not like the search actually works.

Also as a Linux user myself and to head off any smugness, developers do the same thing with the home directory so users end up inventing weird ways to stay organized.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I have my files meticulously organized in hierarchical folders that sync across all my devices through One Drive and to my NAS through One Drive.

I hate that Microsoft wants to dump everything in Documents.

Also, for SOME FUCKING REASON, my work system, wants to put everything into the root of One Drive. Like fuck please put it in Documents at least. I don't want ANYTHING in the root folder if I can avoid it, aside from maybe the occasional super special thing.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I don't ever search for files/folders in explorer's browser anymore. I just use Everything and TreeSize at this point. Windows' search function is pointless.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

OneDrive documents --> PC documents --> desktop
why must I press so many buttons to get it where I want :/

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (3 children)

This one guy at work has 3 layers of desktop icons. LAYERS. I don't know how he manages.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (3 children)
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