Sorting VST's

How do you sort yours? Stick with the default folders? Create your own? 

At the moment I just stick with the standard folder options and any new ones I give their own folder. Saying that, I've just taken out a subscription with Sound on Sound and as a gift they give you Focusrite Midnight Suite (EQ & Compressor), and instead of lumping these two in their own folder, I was considering re-arranging them into an EQ folder - lumping all EQs in there, Compressor folder, guitar amp folder etc.

Anyone else done this? How do you sort yours?

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I install plugins in the Vstplugins folder by vendor by plugin name and maintain a plugin menu in the browser by plugin type.

That's quite cool, although not sure I have enough plugins by the same manufacturer for it to work this end. Still, makes them easier to find 

Sorting by vendor seems to make the most sense to me; that's the easiest what to remember where things are, even if some folders only contain a few entries.  Plugs that came in a package go into a common sub-folder.

If you pay attention when installing i.e. install them to separate directories as suggested above, this is sort of automatic.  I used to do that, but latelyI create my set-up (still by vendor) in the Cakewalk plug-in manager, because
 - I only want 64 bit version to show if both 32 and 64 bit would be available
 - I shorten the names for better display on the control surface and FX bin