Organization

Common | Apps | Office | Utils | VPN | Taskbar | Systray

Common:

• Start button
• Browsers
• ODNT Flyout
• Show Desktop
• WMP
• IRC
• Weather

Apps:

• Open Pandora
• Windows Explorer
• Paint.net
• Virtual PC
• ObjectBar

Office: MS Office 2k7 apps

Utils:

• Recyclebin
• Stacks docklet with my WC submissions and WIPs
• Clock
• Search
• Defrag

VPN:

• Windows VPN Connection
• Cisco VPN Connection
• Directories on remote servers

Taskbar: Running tasks

Systray: Systray

I had a Games but deleted it and havn't added it back.

tigerlady good question. We all have our own ways or ideas as to what organized is.

I use one Tabbed Dock that has five tabs: System Tray, Taskbar, Applications, Security and General. You can guess that General gets the "Don't know where to put these" icons. The rest are easy to figure out. You can break the Applications down if you have special interests i.e Photography. Skinning etc.
This way I don't have one Icon on the desktop. I have the Recycle Icon on the Zoomer Dock.

You could probably break the single Tabbed Dock down to two or more if you wanted and have them around the edges of your desktop. I have the Tabbed Dock at the top and set as a drawer that way all you see is the tabs. The Zoomer Dock is always hidden of screen unless I move over to it to use it.

I was going to post a screenshot, but you have been around here long enough that you know how this stuff works and looks. I happen to like a clean desktop as far as Icons go. Leaves more room for DX Widgets and Objects and all that other stuff.   

Main: the applications that I usually start right after bootup (winamp, outlook, explorer, firefox, mirc, skype, msn, plus my weather/trash)

Apps: applications I tend to use more often (photoshop, nero, crimsoneditor, picasa, flashfxp, spybot, ie, windvd, etc)

Tools: (notepad, paint, calculator, speaker config, volume, task manager, event viewer, control panel)

ODNT: the odnt goodies of course (ip, logonstudio, sks, cxp, od)

Media: all my media folders are linked here (set to show folder as a menu)

Misc: other stuff that doesn't fit elsewhere (links, folders for my od backgrounds, sd stuff, avedesk configs)

I have 7 tabbed docks across the top of my screen, all single tab drawers, and one zoomer on the bottom.

Tabs:

ODNT: all the ODNT programs

My Stuff: my docs, my programs, my computer, etc.

Internet: anything that takes me to the internet

Programs: all my skinning programs, GIMP, Paint, Terragen, etc.

Media: Xion, Media Player, etc.

Office: all the office programs

Utilities: CCleaner, Windirstat, Notepad, calculator, etc.

On the zoomer I have folders I access more than a few times a day, a clock and the weather.

Now I remember why I keep putting off buying the + version.

I'd spend an entire day(minimum) setting up all the docks/shortcuts/icons that I would want.

Yep, that's about how long it takes to get it just right!  

5 docks....
Places.. my comp, my docs...
Apps.. Opera, itunes...
Utils.. sysmechanice, Nerostartsmart...
Docklets.. startmenu, exitwindows...

2 zoomers i.e. one on right which is ver small icon systray and one on left which is taskbar with some common shortcuts.

General..one of these days I'll chabge this to Stardock as thats where they are.

Applications...everything else.

Office...canned vista crap

Internet...Msn, browsers and mIRC

Games...well...

And now that I went and bought it an hour ago I'm thinking maybe I'll set up a dock or two a day until I'm done. So far I've managed two tabs on one dock and one of those is a systray tab. It's picking the new icons for everything that kills the time.

WOW! You've all given me some great ideas. Thanks...now all I have to do is get the set-up done and FINALLY clear the icons off my desktop.