Your welcome
You'd be surprised how many other people make the identical mistake.
BTW personally I use a special menu program called Butler. It's donateware. You can locate any favorite folders or programs or files inside it. Best to categorize it however.
One thing I do though is get rid of the web stuff, loading of 'all programs in it' & slow cache updating down so it does not affect the system. Easy to access programs, etc. using this menu program.
(I don't like cluttered desktops lol, like to keep it clean.) You can google it if interested.