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Change Word 2003 Workgroup Templates Location?
I am trying to change the location of the workgroup templates location within
Word 2003. Whenever I change it through Tools | Options | File Locations, I lets me browse, find the folder, say OK, then goes back to the File Locations window and nothing changes! I've tried changing it in the registry, and through GPO, it always stays at the default location. I have even tried deleting the SharedPaths String Value, and go in to Word and it's STILL showing the default location (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates) What gives? This is for a Citrix environment, and my problem is that the custom templates won't load properly when multiple users log in, because of sharing violations. The first user that logs in to the server loads them all fine, then subsequent users don't. My idea was to redirect the three template folders, User, Workgroup and Startup, to folders on the network for each user so that wouldn't happen. Not the most elegant, I know, but I have yet to come up with a better solution. The only problem is that this Workgroup folder setting won't change! Any help or suggestions are much appreciated! Thanks |
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Change Word 2003 Workgroup Templates Location?
The problem is probably Citrix and some setting within that environment
that's controlling these paths. The change will probably have to be made on the server rather than from the end-user side. Ask your Citrix engineer to look into the problem. -- Cheers! Gordon Bentley-Mix Word MVP Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup. Read the original version of this post in the Office Discussion Groups - no membership required! "Ryan" wrote: I am trying to change the location of the workgroup templates location within Word 2003. Whenever I change it through Tools | Options | File Locations, I lets me browse, find the folder, say OK, then goes back to the File Locations window and nothing changes! I've tried changing it in the registry, and through GPO, it always stays at the default location. I have even tried deleting the SharedPaths String Value, and go in to Word and it's STILL showing the default location (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates) What gives? This is for a Citrix environment, and my problem is that the custom templates won't load properly when multiple users log in, because of sharing violations. The first user that logs in to the server loads them all fine, then subsequent users don't. My idea was to redirect the three template folders, User, Workgroup and Startup, to folders on the network for each user so that wouldn't happen. Not the most elegant, I know, but I have yet to come up with a better solution. The only problem is that this Workgroup folder setting won't change! Any help or suggestions are much appreciated! Thanks |
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Change Word 2003 Workgroup Templates Location?
Thanks for the reply. I am the Citrix engineer. So far no one in the Citrix
world seems to have an idea, because no one replies to my posts. Any other ideas? Thanks! "Gordon Bentley-Mix on news.microsoft.com" wrote: The problem is probably Citrix and some setting within that environment that's controlling these paths. The change will probably have to be made on the server rather than from the end-user side. Ask your Citrix engineer to look into the problem. -- Cheers! Gordon Bentley-Mix Word MVP Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup. Read the original version of this post in the Office Discussion Groups - no membership required! "Ryan" wrote: I am trying to change the location of the workgroup templates location within Word 2003. Whenever I change it through Tools | Options | File Locations, I lets me browse, find the folder, say OK, then goes back to the File Locations window and nothing changes! I've tried changing it in the registry, and through GPO, it always stays at the default location. I have even tried deleting the SharedPaths String Value, and go in to Word and it's STILL showing the default location (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates) What gives? This is for a Citrix environment, and my problem is that the custom templates won't load properly when multiple users log in, because of sharing violations. The first user that logs in to the server loads them all fine, then subsequent users don't. My idea was to redirect the three template folders, User, Workgroup and Startup, to folders on the network for each user so that wouldn't happen. Not the most elegant, I know, but I have yet to come up with a better solution. The only problem is that this Workgroup folder setting won't change! Any help or suggestions are much appreciated! Thanks |
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Change Word 2003 Workgroup Templates Location?
Sorry Ryan. Not at the moment. But I may be going to see a client at a Citrix
site next week. I'll have a quiet word with one of their engineers if I get the chance. -- Cheers! Gordon Bentley-Mix Word MVP Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup. Read the original version of this post in the Office Discussion Groups - no membership required! "Ryan" wrote: Thanks for the reply. I am the Citrix engineer. So far no one in the Citrix world seems to have an idea, because no one replies to my posts. Any other ideas? Thanks! "Gordon Bentley-Mix on news.microsoft.com" wrote: The problem is probably Citrix and some setting within that environment that's controlling these paths. The change will probably have to be made on the server rather than from the end-user side. Ask your Citrix engineer to look into the problem. -- Cheers! Gordon Bentley-Mix Word MVP Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup. Read the original version of this post in the Office Discussion Groups - no membership required! "Ryan" wrote: I am trying to change the location of the workgroup templates location within Word 2003. Whenever I change it through Tools | Options | File Locations, I lets me browse, find the folder, say OK, then goes back to the File Locations window and nothing changes! I've tried changing it in the registry, and through GPO, it always stays at the default location. I have even tried deleting the SharedPaths String Value, and go in to Word and it's STILL showing the default location (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates) What gives? This is for a Citrix environment, and my problem is that the custom templates won't load properly when multiple users log in, because of sharing violations. The first user that logs in to the server loads them all fine, then subsequent users don't. My idea was to redirect the three template folders, User, Workgroup and Startup, to folders on the network for each user so that wouldn't happen. Not the most elegant, I know, but I have yet to come up with a better solution. The only problem is that this Workgroup folder setting won't change! Any help or suggestions are much appreciated! Thanks |
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Change Word 2003 Workgroup Templates Location?
By default there is no Workgroup Template folder defined in Word 2003 - nor
associated key stored in the registry. The implications therefore are that you are trying to change the wrong key or have made the wrong registry entry or that you don't have the necessary permissions to make the changes. The correct key is user based in the registry path HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\C ommon\General The key in question is an Expandable string value called 'Shared Templates' which should contain the path of the location (including a network path) of the required location. The following macro will create the required entry for Word 2003: Sub CreateWorkGroupRegEntry() Dim WSHShell, RegKey, rKeyWord, wVer Dim fDialog As FileDialog Dim strPath As String Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Set fDialog = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker) wVer = Application.Version If wVer 11 Then MsgBox "This macro is for Word 2003 only!", vbOKOnly, "Wrong Word Version" Exit Sub End If With fDialog .Title = "Select WorkGroup folder and click OK" .AllowMultiSelect = False .InitialView = msoFileDialogViewList If .Show -1 Then MsgBox "Cancelled By User", , _ "List Folder Contents" Exit Sub End If strPath = fDialog.SelectedItems.Item(1) End With RegKey = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\ Common\General\" WSHShell.regwrite RegKey & "Shared Templates", strPath, "REG_EXPAND_SZ" End Sub -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Ryan wrote: Thanks for the reply. I am the Citrix engineer. So far no one in the Citrix world seems to have an idea, because no one replies to my posts. Any other ideas? Thanks! "Gordon Bentley-Mix on news.microsoft.com" wrote: The problem is probably Citrix and some setting within that environment that's controlling these paths. The change will probably have to be made on the server rather than from the end-user side. Ask your Citrix engineer to look into the problem. -- Cheers! Gordon Bentley-Mix Word MVP Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup. Read the original version of this post in the Office Discussion Groups - no membership required! "Ryan" wrote: I am trying to change the location of the workgroup templates location within Word 2003. Whenever I change it through Tools | Options | File Locations, I lets me browse, find the folder, say OK, then goes back to the File Locations window and nothing changes! I've tried changing it in the registry, and through GPO, it always stays at the default location. I have even tried deleting the SharedPaths String Value, and go in to Word and it's STILL showing the default location (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates) What gives? This is for a Citrix environment, and my problem is that the custom templates won't load properly when multiple users log in, because of sharing violations. The first user that logs in to the server loads them all fine, then subsequent users don't. My idea was to redirect the three template folders, User, Workgroup and Startup, to folders on the network for each user so that wouldn't happen. Not the most elegant, I know, but I have yet to come up with a better solution. The only problem is that this Workgroup folder setting won't change! Any help or suggestions are much appreciated! Thanks |
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