JungleWriter

APK, thanks for all that good info. Sorry for replying so late, but work on my desk is about as high as my notebook screen when opened up..., so it'll be some more time before I'll try to make these changes. Nice to know that people out there care, even if we never have/will meet. Thanks! Have a crash- and virusfree day! JungleWriter

APK, you left me in awe, what shall I say. I have not much idea what you are talking about, but I am willing to learn. OK, what I want to do is this. 1. I want to save all my files under C:\MyDocs (so that the amount of subdirectories and their name lengths are kept to a minimum) (MyDocs is NOT the My Documents.) I do not want to save them (as XP is making me do) under C:\Documents and Settings\Jonathan & Mary-Lou Schneider\My Documents (with Jonathan & Mary-Lou being the names I entered when setting up/ registering XP). 2. I want this folder MyDocs to expand every time I open the Windows Explorer. 3. I want this folder MyDocs to be on top of the folders list, not the Desktop, not My Computer, etc. So, where do I open Explorer for editing and messing with these switches you listed in your mail? How do I do it? Thanks for getting this for me. JungleWriter

How do I save my workspace in Windows Explorer (XP Home, SP1), so that the same folders always extend when I open WinExplorer, and the same folders stay retracted? (Windows is sooo anti-individualistic and anti-customization ;( , it’s hard to believe in an age where individualism is one of our society’s highest values. [i just had to say that. ]) Thanks for any help. JungleWriter

OK, the last post on this discussion is now a year and a half old. The problem of burning long file names was not solved then. Now, have the gazillon of soft ware writers finally produced a solution, or not? I just refuse to believe ;( that in 2004 we are still limited to 64 characters per file name. (Obviously, I need more for my extensive file cabinet.) Anyone, is there a program out now, that does burn file names longer than 64 characters, or that helps me to restore the original file names once I move the files from the CD back to a hard drive? Help is greatly appreciated. JungleWriter