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Word 2003 - File Locations
Good day,
How can I simply delete a File Location on the tab Tools | Options | File Locations? When I click the Modify button, it wants me to enter another location but there is none to be entered. I just want to delete the one that is there. Help! Thank you. |
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Hi Heelne-
Which one in particular? More to the point, why would you want to? Most of them are required by the program so that it knows where to look for specified items. Pointing them to a different location is one thing, but to have no location specified can be a problem. Regards |:) "Hélène" wrote: Good day, How can I simply delete a File Location on the tab Tools | Options | File Locations? When I click the Modify button, it wants me to enter another location but there is none to be entered. I just want to delete the one that is there. Help! Thank you. |
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Cyber,
Thank you for the info. It would be "Workgroup Templates" and by default, it has no location defined. A user inserted a location by mistake and wants to totally get rid of it and not point it to another location. Is this possible at all? "CyberTaz" wrote: Hi Heelne- Which one in particular? More to the point, why would you want to? Most of them are required by the program so that it knows where to look for specified items. Pointing them to a different location is one thing, but to have no location specified can be a problem. Regards |:) "Hélène" wrote: Good day, How can I simply delete a File Location on the tab Tools | Options | File Locations? When I click the Modify button, it wants me to enter another location but there is none to be entered. I just want to delete the one that is there. Help! Thank you. |
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Yes, it's possible to remove it by editing the registry.
First go to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986 and read about how to back up the registry before you edit it. The change you'll make shouldn't cause any damage to the registry, but it's a good idea to be careful and prepared. Shut down Word (and Outlook, too, if you use Word as the email editor). Open the registry editor (Regedit.exe or Regedit32.exe, depending on your Windows version) and expand the keys in the left pane until you reach this one (replace "11.0" with "10.0" if you have Office XP, or "9.0" if you have Office 2000): HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\C ommon\General In the right pane, select the value named SharedTemplates and delete it. Close the registry editor and restart Word. The Workgroup Templates location will now be blank. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Hélène wrote: Cyber, Thank you for the info. It would be "Workgroup Templates" and by default, it has no location defined. A user inserted a location by mistake and wants to totally get rid of it and not point it to another location. Is this possible at all? "CyberTaz" wrote: Hi Heelne- Which one in particular? More to the point, why would you want to? Most of them are required by the program so that it knows where to look for specified items. Pointing them to a different location is one thing, but to have no location specified can be a problem. Regards |:) "Hélène" wrote: Good day, How can I simply delete a File Location on the tab Tools | Options | File Locations? When I click the Modify button, it wants me to enter another location but there is none to be entered. I just want to delete the one that is there. Help! Thank you. |
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This Registry edit is also required if you want to delete the path for clip
art (which is necessary if you want Word to default to the MRU folder instead of My Pictures or whatever else is specified). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Yes, it's possible to remove it by editing the registry. First go to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986 and read about how to back up the registry before you edit it. The change you'll make shouldn't cause any damage to the registry, but it's a good idea to be careful and prepared. Shut down Word (and Outlook, too, if you use Word as the email editor). Open the registry editor (Regedit.exe or Regedit32.exe, depending on your Windows version) and expand the keys in the left pane until you reach this one (replace "11.0" with "10.0" if you have Office XP, or "9.0" if you have Office 2000): HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\C ommon\General In the right pane, select the value named SharedTemplates and delete it. Close the registry editor and restart Word. The Workgroup Templates location will now be blank. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Hélène wrote: Cyber, Thank you for the info. It would be "Workgroup Templates" and by default, it has no location defined. A user inserted a location by mistake and wants to totally get rid of it and not point it to another location. Is this possible at all? "CyberTaz" wrote: Hi Heelne- Which one in particular? More to the point, why would you want to? Most of them are required by the program so that it knows where to look for specified items. Pointing them to a different location is one thing, but to have no location specified can be a problem. Regards |:) "Hélène" wrote: Good day, How can I simply delete a File Location on the tab Tools | Options | File Locations? When I click the Modify button, it wants me to enter another location but there is none to be entered. I just want to delete the one that is there. Help! Thank you. |
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No need to edit the registry. You can do this in VBA.
Alt+F11 to open the VBE Ctrl+g to open/switch to the Immediate window Type Options.DefaultFilePath(Path:=wdWorkgroupTemplates Path) = "" Press Enter Press Alt+F4 to close the VBE -- Enjoy, Tony "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Yes, it's possible to remove it by editing the registry. First go to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986 and read about how to back up the registry before you edit it. The change you'll make shouldn't cause any damage to the registry, but it's a good idea to be careful and prepared. Shut down Word (and Outlook, too, if you use Word as the email editor). Open the registry editor (Regedit.exe or Regedit32.exe, depending on your Windows version) and expand the keys in the left pane until you reach this one (replace "11.0" with "10.0" if you have Office XP, or "9.0" if you have Office 2000): HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\C ommon\General In the right pane, select the value named SharedTemplates and delete it. Close the registry editor and restart Word. The Workgroup Templates location will now be blank. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Hélène wrote: Cyber, Thank you for the info. It would be "Workgroup Templates" and by default, it has no location defined. A user inserted a location by mistake and wants to totally get rid of it and not point it to another location. Is this possible at all? "CyberTaz" wrote: Hi Heelne- Which one in particular? More to the point, why would you want to? Most of them are required by the program so that it knows where to look for specified items. Pointing them to a different location is one thing, but to have no location specified can be a problem. Regards |:) "Hélène" wrote: Good day, How can I simply delete a File Location on the tab Tools | Options | File Locations? When I click the Modify button, it wants me to enter another location but there is none to be entered. I just want to delete the one that is there. Help! Thank you. |
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The only question is which scares people more, VBA or the registry.
g -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Fri, 7 Oct 2005 19:47:13 +0100, "Tony Jollans" Nomail wrote: No need to edit the registry. You can do this in VBA. Alt+F11 to open the VBE Ctrl+g to open/switch to the Immediate window Type Options.DefaultFilePath(Path:=wdWorkgroupTemplates Path) = "" Press Enter Press Alt+F4 to close the VBE -- Enjoy, Tony "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Yes, it's possible to remove it by editing the registry. First go to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986 and read about how to back up the registry before you edit it. The change you'll make shouldn't cause any damage to the registry, but it's a good idea to be careful and prepared. Shut down Word (and Outlook, too, if you use Word as the email editor). Open the registry editor (Regedit.exe or Regedit32.exe, depending on your Windows version) and expand the keys in the left pane until you reach this one (replace "11.0" with "10.0" if you have Office XP, or "9.0" if you have Office 2000): HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\C ommon\General In the right pane, select the value named SharedTemplates and delete it. Close the registry editor and restart Word. The Workgroup Templates location will now be blank. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Hélène wrote: Cyber, Thank you for the info. It would be "Workgroup Templates" and by default, it has no location defined. A user inserted a location by mistake and wants to totally get rid of it and not point it to another location. Is this possible at all? "CyberTaz" wrote: Hi Heelne- Which one in particular? More to the point, why would you want to? Most of them are required by the program so that it knows where to look for specified items. Pointing them to a different location is one thing, but to have no location specified can be a problem. Regards |:) "Hélène" wrote: Good day, How can I simply delete a File Location on the tab Tools | Options | File Locations? When I click the Modify button, it wants me to enter another location but there is none to be entered. I just want to delete the one that is there. Help! Thank you. |
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VBA, Scary? Surely not!
Without either then :-) This appears to work for Workgroup Templates but not for any others I checked Tools Options File Locations tab Select Workgroup Templates Click on Modify Select My Computer in the Places Bar Do NOT select anything under My Computer Press OK -- Enjoy, Tony "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... The only question is which scares people more, VBA or the registry. g -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Fri, 7 Oct 2005 19:47:13 +0100, "Tony Jollans" Nomail wrote: No need to edit the registry. You can do this in VBA. Alt+F11 to open the VBE Ctrl+g to open/switch to the Immediate window Type Options.DefaultFilePath(Path:=wdWorkgroupTemplates Path) = "" Press Enter Press Alt+F4 to close the VBE -- Enjoy, Tony "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Yes, it's possible to remove it by editing the registry. First go to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986 and read about how to back up the registry before you edit it. The change you'll make shouldn't cause any damage to the registry, but it's a good idea to be careful and prepared. Shut down Word (and Outlook, too, if you use Word as the email editor). Open the registry editor (Regedit.exe or Regedit32.exe, depending on your Windows version) and expand the keys in the left pane until you reach this one (replace "11.0" with "10.0" if you have Office XP, or "9.0" if you have Office 2000): HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\C ommon\General In the right pane, select the value named SharedTemplates and delete it. Close the registry editor and restart Word. The Workgroup Templates location will now be blank. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Hélène wrote: Cyber, Thank you for the info. It would be "Workgroup Templates" and by default, it has no location defined. A user inserted a location by mistake and wants to totally get rid of it and not point it to another location. Is this possible at all? "CyberTaz" wrote: Hi Heelne- Which one in particular? More to the point, why would you want to? Most of them are required by the program so that it knows where to look for specified items. Pointing them to a different location is one thing, but to have no location specified can be a problem. Regards |:) "Hélène" wrote: Good day, How can I simply delete a File Location on the tab Tools | Options | File Locations? When I click the Modify button, it wants me to enter another location but there is none to be entered. I just want to delete the one that is there. Help! Thank you. |
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