How do I change the settings in the File..Open dialog box so that I can set
what locations I want to display be default? I would like to do the same
thing with the save dialog box so that the same locations are displayed? Is
this a registry tweak and where do I find it, or is there some add-on I can
use to do this? thanks

Mike wrote:
How do I change the settings in the File..Open dialog box so that I
can set what locations I want to display be default? I would like to
do the same thing with the save dialog box so that the same locations
are displayed? Is this a registry tweak and where do I find it, or is
there some add-on I can use to do this? thanks

Go to Tools Options File Locations and change the "Documents" setting to
the folder you want to be the default location.

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Jay Freedman
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Thanks for your replay. However, I am not looking to set a "default"
location. I am looking to change the default list that is displayed in the
window pane to the left in the File...Open or save.. dialog box. the defaults
are "My recent documents" , "desktop", "my documents", "my computer" and "my
network places". that is the list I want to modify. I used to have a reghack
for it with office 97 but I no longer have it.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Mike wrote:
How do I change the settings in the File..Open dialog box so that I
can set what locations I want to display be default? I would like to
do the same thing with the save dialog box so that the same locations
are displayed? Is this a registry tweak and where do I find it, or is
there some add-on I can use to do this? thanks

Go to Tools Options File Locations and change the "Documents" setting to
the folder you want to be the default location.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

There was no Places Bar in Office 97. See
http://www.gmayor.com/customize_the_word_places_bar.htm

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Mike" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your replay. However, I am not looking to set a "default"
location. I am looking to change the default list that is displayed in the
window pane to the left in the File...Open or save.. dialog box. the
defaults
are "My recent documents" , "desktop", "my documents", "my computer" and
"my
network places". that is the list I want to modify. I used to have a
reghack
for it with office 97 but I no longer have it.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Mike wrote:
How do I change the settings in the File..Open dialog box so that I
can set what locations I want to display be default? I would like to
do the same thing with the save dialog box so that the same locations
are displayed? Is this a registry tweak and where do I find it, or is
there some add-on I can use to do this? thanks

Go to Tools Options File Locations and change the "Documents"
setting to
the folder you want to be the default location.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.