Why do you have to do it

One advantage of your systems is that you always have many ways to do the same thing and at the end you take the one you prefer.

The problem is that it is the same for the developers who can drop things here and there without really affecting the functionalities but after you loose your time to understand how things are organized and where, for example, are stored your preferences.

Organize the Start Menu is one way to clean and structure your system.