System for naming/archiving files

[jfiscus]

This is pretty much how I do it.

Except I don't break my customers down alphabetically.

F:>Artwork>*Customer Name*>*project identifier*>...

For instance, say I have a customer that has several projects (I do sub contract work for a couple of companies), it would look like this:

F:>Joe's Graphics Warehouse>Frank's Flowers>Truck lettering>2008 Ford F150>Production file>Approved lettering layout.cdr

Now Joe's Graphics may have a bunch of files, but for this one, I just showed Franks, which may have Banner, window lettering, truck lettering, business cards, fliers, whatever else (each one gets a new file), then under each "project", there is a folder for the proof, and approved files, which gets production files...

How do you NOT break them down alphabetically? With hundreds of customers in each letter, it must be a LOT of scrolling. Maybe I just hate to scroll...