I also hate the absolute waste of human cognition this system causes making people try to memorise which number is at the start of a folder name they're looking for. From their own examples, a folder called `22 Contracts` is going to be sorted into a different position in a list than it would if it were just named `Contracts` - without the number, I both know exactly what the name of the folder I want is, and where it will appear in a directory listing. With someone else's choice of number at the front, I know neither of these things.
Basically, every single thing this claims to solve is either not a problem in the first place, is trivially solved without making people learn a stranger's personal numbering preferences, or is made considerably worse by this system.