Comment by tbatterii

I've got plenty of stories just like that from the mid-90's

And this is precisely why I don't think it's a good idea to try and abstract crap away like the damn filesystem for software development/IDE. I bet it would be cheaper, less complex and for the overall good to instead teach developers how to wrangle files(if that really is a problem worth solving)

I wonder if it's time for a "I used to have to work with Microsoft Tech in the 90's" Meetup/Support Group :)