I have a friend with windows xp and when he saves documents it sometimes
goes into a folder that may look like this: 96453312gh or similar, other
times it goes into the proper documents folder.

How can I help him to let his created documents always go to My Documents?
( because if it went to the other above example folder, he can never find it
again)

Ritter197 wrote:
> I have a friend with windows xp and when he saves documents it sometimes
> goes into a folder that may look like this: 96453312gh or similar, other
> times it goes into the proper documents folder.
>
> How can I help him to let his created documents always go to My
> Documents? ( because if it went to the other above example folder, he
> can never find it again)


That would depend largely upon what specific application(s) he's using
to create the documents. Generally, somewhere within the Options or
Preferences for each application will be a setting to set the default
save location. It has little to nothing to do with WinXP.


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On 15 Dec 2009, "Ritter197" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

> I have a friend with windows xp and when he saves documents it
> sometimes goes into a folder that may look like this: 96453312gh
> or similar, other times it goes into the proper documents folder.
>
> How can I help him to let his created documents always go to My
> Documents? ( because if it went to the other above example folder,
> he can never find it again)

The default save location is determined by the program that saves the
document, not the operating system. Some programs have a setting at
allows you to change the default location. Some remember where you last
saved a document.

You don't say what kind of "document" you're referring to or what
program makes them, so we can't give you any specific suggestions.

Thank you both for your reply.
He uses WORD 2003 and Windows Live Mail . I think he has the problem mostly
or possibly exclusively in WORD 2003.

"Nil" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Xns9CE2EDAFF8206nilch1@130.133.1.4...
> On 15 Dec 2009, "Ritter197" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
>
>> I have a friend with windows xp and when he saves documents it
>> sometimes goes into a folder that may look like this: 96453312gh
>> or similar, other times it goes into the proper documents folder.
>>
>> How can I help him to let his created documents always go to My
>> Documents? ( because if it went to the other above example folder,
>> he can never find it again)
>
> The default save location is determined by the program that saves the
> document, not the operating system. Some programs have a setting at
> allows you to change the default location. Some remember where you last
> saved a document.
>
> You don't say what kind of "document" you're referring to or what
> program makes them, so we can't give you any specific suggestions.

In Word 2003 Tools>Options>File Locations>Documents>Modify.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP



On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:04:07 -0500, "Ritter197" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Thank you both for your reply.
>He uses WORD 2003 and Windows Live Mail . I think he has the problem mostly
>or possibly exclusively in WORD 2003.
>
>"Nil" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:Xns9CE2EDAFF8206nilch1@130.133.1.4...
>> On 15 Dec 2009, "Ritter197" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
>>
>>> I have a friend with windows xp and when he saves documents it
>>> sometimes goes into a folder that may look like this: 96453312gh
>>> or similar, other times it goes into the proper documents folder.
>>>
>>> How can I help him to let his created documents always go to My
>>> Documents? ( because if it went to the other above example folder,
>>> he can never find it again)
>>
>> The default save location is determined by the program that saves the
>> document, not the operating system. Some programs have a setting at
>> allows you to change the default location. Some remember where you last
>> saved a document.
>>
>> You don't say what kind of "document" you're referring to or what
>> program makes them, so we can't give you any specific suggestions.

Thanks, I have forwarded your reply to my friend.


"Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In Word 2003 Tools>Options>File Locations>Documents>Modify.
>
>
> Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
>
>
>
> On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:04:07 -0500, "Ritter197" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>>Thank you both for your reply.
>>He uses WORD 2003 and Windows Live Mail . I think he has the problem
>>mostly
>>or possibly exclusively in WORD 2003.
>>
>>"Nil" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:Xns9CE2EDAFF8206nilch1@130.133.1.4...
>>> On 15 Dec 2009, "Ritter197" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>>> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
>>>
>>>> I have a friend with windows xp and when he saves documents it
>>>> sometimes goes into a folder that may look like this: 96453312gh
>>>> or similar, other times it goes into the proper documents folder.
>>>>
>>>> How can I help him to let his created documents always go to My
>>>> Documents? ( because if it went to the other above example folder,
>>>> he can never find it again)
>>>
>>> The default save location is determined by the program that saves the
>>> document, not the operating system. Some programs have a setting at
>>> allows you to change the default location. Some remember where you last
>>> saved a document.
>>>
>>> You don't say what kind of "document" you're referring to or what
>>> program makes them, so we can't give you any specific suggestions.
>