File Organization

Organized, I'm not.  I am driving myself crazy with files all over the place.  I go to find something and in frustration I am looking all over the place.  Some project files are on C, some on D, some E.  I decided it is time to get it all together.
 
Is there any suggestion on how to best set up the directories.  I don't think I want project files to default on the system drive of C so I had set up the default to go to E:\Cakewalk Projects.  This is the same place I am storing audio data.  But, I had the audio files going to E:\Audio\ then into separate folders sometimes, and sometimes into sub folders.  It is all confusing because sometimes I would put the project file into the audio data folder thinking it is best to have it all together.  Consequently, I have project files all over the place.  If the file isn't in the recent pull down then I am usually on the search.
 
I assume it is ok to have the project file on the same drive?  Any suggestions are most welcome.
 
Thanks

I have a dedicated drive for work files (actually a RAID 0 array of two M.2 SSD's). In the root directory I have about a half dozen folders named after various users in my family, plus an Others folder as a catch-all. Within each of the "owner" folders is another bunch of folders named after categories of projects: Finished Songs, Unfinished Songs & Snippets, Working, etc.
 
Below that... What MarioD said. One folder per project; within that folder is the project .cwp file, auto-saves, asset files, etc. plus the Audio Files folder for that project.

Hey thanks all for your input.  I think I got it now.  In my case then, I will put everything under E:\Cakewalk Projects\(name of song folder) and below that would be the audio folder for each project.  Therefore each of the CWP files would be in the (name of the song folder) and not all grouped together under E:\Cakewalk Projects\*.cwp  I guess I will try to move everything to one directory without screwing everything up.  I have a lot of songs on here.
 
As far as all of the other options under File Folder option, in the preferences, I assume I should leave them under the default of C etc.  What do you guys do?
 
Thanks again for your help!
 
Frank
 

I keep very little on the system drive other than the application, plug-in binaries and presets. I use a combination of registry edits, preference changes and directory junctions to achieve a solution which keeps all my custom stuff in a single directory tree. The most important configuration change is what you are tackling now, moving and consolidating your projects.