Patent ID: 8261246

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for automatically categorizing a file in a plurality of conditional personal computer file folders resident on a local personal computer in a software developer environment, said method comprising: determining whether a file has been altered; and automatically associating the file with each of the plurality of conditional persona I computer file folders resident on the local personal computer when the file satisfies a condition associated with a corresponding one of each of the plurality of conditional personal file folders and when the determining whether a file has been altered determines that the file has been altered, wherein at least one of the plurality of conditional personal computer file folders is an error file folder, wherein the error file folder contains one or more source code files with error conditions, wherein at least one of the error conditions is an error or warning resulting from compilation or execution of the corresponding source code file, wherein first and second conditions are respectively associated with first and second ones of the conditional personal computer file folders, wherein the first condition is different than the second condition, and wherein the automatically associating comprises automatically associating the file with the first one of the conditional personal computer file folders using the first condition, and automatically associating the file with the second one of the conditional personal computer files folders using the second condition.