@Kerry : Yes and I totally agree on that. But this is a matter of individual
user or system rights but not of the folder layout. It just doesn't make any
sense to use concepts like "Folder Types" on the root file system, because
there aren't any pictures in there (and as I said it was just a test). The
whole folder type idea only makes sense within certain folders where the user
keeps his pictures/videos/documents...

But then again, why do I need Windows to recognize videos as videos within
my "Video"-Folder??? I can still change the folder view manually when i
consider it to be appropriate. Windows 95/98/2000/XP worked just fine like
that. OK, it kinda looks cool to have all those fancy thumbnails but actually
it gets really annoying after some time, especially in folders containing
things other than media files.

After all, people sometimes do actually need to work with Windows and the
Explorer still is a file manager and not a picture viewer. You got stuff like
AC/DC for that!

"Kerry Brown" wrote:

> It's mostly an organizational issue. It's never been a good practice to
> create files in the root of a drive. The simpler you keep the tree structure
> the easier it is to find things and to backup data. Allowing users to create
> files in the root of the system drive can also be a security problem. As
> rights normally propagate from the root you then have to go in and
> explicitly block inheritance on subfolders to restrict access. For the best
> security this should be the other way around. You should need to block
> inheritance to grant access not restrict access. This ensures that users
> (and malware) will not accidently get access to write to system files.
>
> --
> Kerry Brown
> Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2
>
> "Thomas" <Thomas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news1AC9871-5089-481F-8D07-27F192DAB791@microsoft.com...
> > Mmmh.. I used the root folder just to test Vista's behaivior. And btw why
> > shouldn't I use the C: folder? I somehow got the weird attitute my OS
> > should
> > do what I want and not hide files or even entire folders from me. On the
> > other hand, you get the feeling MS does not want users to look into
> > certain
> > folders and to really administrate their own computer because they hide
> > entire folders by default!
> >
> > But never mind, I fixed it :-). You can turn the whole "folder type"
> > thingy
> > off by modifying the registry.
> >
> > Thanks again for your answers,
> >
> > Thomas
>
>