Is it just me or is the solution obvious: Don't be such a slob...

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I support 20 users in a business environment. To say that a number of them have messy desktops is an understatement. Literally dozens and dozens of file - some organized, some haphazard. Every time I try to get them to put files in the appropriate place in their Documents Folder, or on the Server, I get the proverbial "F Off" - albeit in less vulgar terms.

There are utilities to make the Desktop invisible, or change permissions so they can't write to it, but I'd have a revolt on my hands

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It is, hence my ending sentence.

However, some people work in... less than optimal ways. I even had one client who insisted on keeping important documents in the trash. His reasoning? "I MIGHT want to throw them away at some stage."

Until he lost a database of customer names and addresses, that is...

The thing is, that you can advise people on the best way to do things but at the end of the day, unless you're a corporate IT department you'll have a hell of a hard time laying down the law, even then it's not exactly easy.

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I even had one client who insisted on keeping important documents in the trash. His reasoning? "I MIGHT want to throw them away at some stage."

My gosh! That is pure genius! Why wait? Throw everything away now and save the trouble of doing it later. This takes every self-help how-to-get-organized guide to the extreme! I'm speechless. That's going to be my new motto: TIAN - throw it away now

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