Comments on: Tip of the day: Get your downloaded programs organized

By: William K North

William K North — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

I do this and it is very effective. Since I generally make one folder per download I give it a descriptive name, like the company and the product, because all too often the download itself will have a name like ms122c.exe.

By: Michael Herzfeld

Michael Herzfeld — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Great tip Ed! I keep all my downloads in a folder called ‘My Software’ (I know, I’m the only person in the world who seems to like the ‘My’ scheme), but I hadn’t thought about creating folders for each program that also contain shortcuts to the web install and the serial numbers. I’ll have to start doing that.

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

I do something very close to this as well, but on a separate USB external hard drive. But I didn’t think about also adding shortcuts to the websites. Also, having an extra copy of these folders in My Documents is a very good idea.