My own solution on windows is to make a separate folder such as c:\users\redadmiral\Documents\files and have my documents live in there. Then I make my own star

My own solution on windows is to make a separate folder such as c:\users\redadmiral\Documents\files and have my documents live in there. Then I make my own start menu / taskbar shortcuts that point to that (I have Win+E set to open "My Computer", as I use USB drives a lot, and have pinned the folder there too). That way, I accept that the (My)Documents folder is full of other programs' crap, but the "files" folder is MY PRECIOUS and no-one but me decides what goes in there.