It's pretty sad, because Windows XP is still the most intuitive and efficient OS out there for working with files, in my experience. I do most of my work on OSX nowadays. The only things I still use Windows for are:
Visual Studio
3ds max
Paint Shop Pro
Games
I wish Microsoft would get back to what made Windows 2000 and XP so good. It seems like when they try to make things "easy to use" they just end up making it unpredictable and complicated.