When you post, especially long ones, please tick "Check this box to preserve your 
spacing" :-)

It already is simple:

1. You keep your own files under My Documents

2. Leave the rest alone - it was not designed for direct user interaction.

We get stuck into "the rest" on this forum only when we have to - ie when things 
go wrong - but if it ain't broke don't fix it, that's just making trouble.

This is MUCH simpler than earlier versions of Windows where user files and system 
files could easily all be jumbled together.

It is all too easy to turn your PC into a doorstop, and it is you who are making 
things complicated. Can you imagine posting on an automobile forum "what nuts and 
bolts can I remove" when you find two that join the same things together ? Maybe 
your car would run on slightly fewer wheel-nuts ?

When it IS a good idea for users to delve into XP internals, Microsoft have done 
a fairly good job in providing tools to do so which insulate us all from casual mistakes 
- Control Panel, Help and Support, Policy Editors, Administrative tools etc etc etc. 
And there are plenty of 3rd party tools as well - CCleaner, WinPatrol etc etc etc.

I have not taken offence at your post, and hope you won't take offence at mine: my 
advice is straightforward:

1. Use My Documents the way it was meant to be used

2. Leave the Windows directory files severely alone, interacting with them (when 
you need to) through the tools provided.

3. Don't attempt to "learn Windows internals" by either trial-and-error or by interrogating 
a forum - that way lies disaster.

4. Get a good book on Windows and have a careful read, or attend classes. Then you 
can use the Internet to fill in gaps and pursue specific points the book may not 
cover.

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