FCS applications MUST be in default location to use Compressor

Hi,
This is not a help request but half a complaint and a half a tip for other users that could experience my own problem.
Until today, I had never been able to use the Export -> Send to Compressor function inside Final Cut Pro 6. Compressor seemed to freeze for a couple of minutes, told me it could not read the Final Cut Pro project to make the preview and, when finalally started, the compression process hanged.
The problem was that I don't usually leave my applications under the default Mac Application Folder. I use dozens of applications and it's a nightmare to find what I need. Instead, I create several subfolders inside the Application folder and, that way, everything is organized, neat and at quick to find.
http://tinyurl.com/6fcvhp <- Screen capture of my Applications folder
Compressor, and all the applications that make use of it, MUST be under the default Mac Application folder or, otherwise, it just won't work. I had the very same problem using Final Cut Server. Until I placed Compressor in its default location I could not create proxy files, transcode or use any other function related to Compressor.
It's the very first time I have seen this behaviour and I think Apple should fix it making Compressor non-location-dependant.
I hope someone will find useful this information
Best regards

Thanks for the idea. I had already thought about using aliases but that wouldn't stop the Application folder showing a looooooooooong list o applications. As I said, having things clear is just a crazy habit of mine. Now that I know the trick I will just "survive" having FCS applications in their default location. I know I'm the only one here doing things differently. It's just that I have never had that problem with any other application and it was turning me crazy.
By the way, if anyone would like to use aliases, using an underscore as the first characters help having things on top of the list. For instance, the alias "_Multimedia" would appear before "Adobe".

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