On the NT-based version of Windows, the My-folders are placed as assigned to the logon user under "Documents and Settings". This has the advantage for families where the parents and kids all share the machine of not being able to "see" much less "modify" each other's files ... assuming all goes well. FWIW, the Desktop, the Start Menu, and the user configs are also kept in a user's folder under Documents and settings, as well as all those annoying My-folders.
On the Win-9x series, this of course was not the case, and it was generally felt that the My-folders were stupid. I happen to think the name is still stupid, but that's besides the point. The whole point (IMHO) of the My-folders on the Win-9x is to set the stage for moving to the NT-based systems and to partition off the user files depending on the logon. (This is analogous to the Unix /home directory.) For most network environments, this whole thing is somewhat pointless, as private files are kept on the server and the separation between users' data is handled that way. But, for the home, this makes a peculiar kind of sense. So, while the naming convention is somewhat silly, I wouldn't dismiss it entirely especially if you have a shared home PC. At 06:35 AM 5/23/2004 -0400, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: >At 08:20 PM 5/22/04 -0700, Mark D Lew wrote: >>I prefer to do all my file >>locating myself, but obviously I'm an exception. > >I'm with you. I've deleted those "My..." directories. I have everything >organized by drives and directories in a way that's reflects how I work. >Different applications are defaulted to different drives and directories, >and I very much like applications to remember where they last loaded from, >saved to, and saved "as" to. Apps like Paint Shop Pro and Adobe Audition >very nicely remember all the last states, and PSP is particularly friendly >(to me) because it remembers the different paths used to save different >graphics format processes as well (i.e., saving to JPEG, GIF or PNG >directly have a different remembered paths from saving to JPEG, GIF or PNG >by using the web tool). > >Finale (at least up to 2K3) doesn't have a path memory, and this is >irritating when printing to PS (for example), where it always uses the >Finale application path. > >But I suppose "My..."-style 'folders' are good for most folks, for whom any >kind of organization is a mystery, whether computer or closet. My wife is >forever doing searches for stuff she's written because she doesn't pay >attention to where she saved it. I might even find some of her writing on >my computer if she was, say, browsing through family photos via the home >network. > >Dennis > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Finale mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > --------------------------------- Bruce K. H. Kau [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kane'ohe, Hawai'i, USA "Second star to the right, and straight on 'til morning ..." _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
