does anyone know if you can change the default directory
that is opened when you want to open a file?

for example, if you open word and then click file->open,
it will automatically go to the my documents folder
unless you have already opened a file from a different
location. I would like to change the folder that it
automatically opens to.

thanks-

Chris,

For Word 2000:

Open Word 2000, Tools > Options > Filelocations.
Change the Documents location

-or in the registry directly-

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Word\Options]
"DOC-PATH"

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


"chris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:183ca01c4229d$f6d80aa0$(E-Mail Removed)...
does anyone know if you can change the default directory
that is opened when you want to open a file?

for example, if you open word and then click file->open,
it will automatically go to the my documents folder
unless you have already opened a file from a different
location. I would like to change the folder that it
automatically opens to.

thanks-

You either change that preference in Word (Tools-Options-File
Locations) - this will affect ONLY Word.

Or you can actually point the My Documents to a particular location,
and that will affect any application that defaults to the My Documents
location.

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 20:58:51 -0700, "chris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>does anyone know if you can change the default directory
>that is opened when you want to open a file?
>
>for example, if you open word and then click file->open,
>it will automatically go to the my documents folder
>unless you have already opened a file from a different
>location. I would like to change the folder that it
>automatically opens to.
>
>thanks-



---Atreju---

How about for all the other programs?

"Ramesh [MVP]" <sramesh2k@\REMOV_NOSPAM\.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:erY$$(E-Mail Removed)...
Chris,

For Word 2000:

Open Word 2000, Tools > Options > Filelocations.
Change the Documents location

-or in the registry directly-

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Word\Options]
"DOC-PATH"

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


"chris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:183ca01c4229d$f6d80aa0$(E-Mail Removed)...
does anyone know if you can change the default directory
that is opened when you want to open a file?

for example, if you open word and then click file->open,
it will automatically go to the my documents folder
unless you have already opened a file from a different
location. I would like to change the folder that it
automatically opens to.

thanks-

thanks, is there a way to change it just once for all programs?

>>> "chris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:183ca01c4229d$f6d80aa0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> does anyone know if you can change the default directory that is opened
>>> when you want to open a file? for example, if you open word and then
>>> click file->open <SNIP>

>> "Ramesh [MVP]" <sramesh2k@\REMOV_NOSPAM\.hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:erY$$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> <SNIP> Open Word 2000, Tools > Options > Filelocations. Change the
>> Documents location <SNIP>

> "chris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:6F6AED3E-4209-40EE-8ADA-(E-Mail Removed)...
> thanks, is there a way to change it just once for all programs?

Not that I know of. However, what you may want to do is customize the
Places Bar. That is the vertical button bar at the left-hand side in the
Open and Save [As] dialog boxes. By default it has five buttons and if you
seldom use some of those folders [such as My Network Places] the following
explains how to change the buttons to more frequently used folders:

For customizing the My Places Bar for Microsoft Office see the following
Microsoft Knowledge Base article [depending on version]:

KB205041 - OFF2000: How to Customize the Places Bar
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=205041

KB282087 - HOW TO: Customize the My Places Bar in the "Open" and
"Save As" Dialog Boxes [Office XP]
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=282087

KB826214 - HowTo: Customize the My Places Bar in Both the Open and the Save
As Dialog Boxes in Office 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=826214

For customizing the Places Bar for the Microsoft Windows XP common dialog
box that is used with Notepad, WordPad, Internet Explorer, etc., see:

Windows & .NET Magazine
August 2001 | Dino Esposito | Scripting Solutions | Instant Doc #21539
Customize the Places Bar
http://www.winnetmag.com/Articles/In...rticleID=21539