Adding Shortcut to Dialog Boxes

[Peter]

I have WindowsXP Professional 2002 SP-1. Is there a way to add a
shortcut to the menu that appears on the left side of the Windows Open
dialog box. That is, in any application, when I click on, say,
File>Open, the box that appears has along the left side "Desktop" "My
Documents" "My Computer" and so on. I would like to add a folder to
that list. If it's a space problem, I could remove either "My Recent
Documents" or "My Network". Can this be done? Thanks.

 

[Sharon F]

I have WindowsXP Professional 2002 SP-1. Is there a way to add a
shortcut to the menu that appears on the left side of the Windows Open
dialog box. That is, in any application, when I click on, say,
File>Open, the box that appears has along the left side "Desktop" "My
Documents" "My Computer" and so on. I would like to add a folder to
that list. If it's a space problem, I could remove either "My Recent
Documents" or "My Network". Can this be done? Thanks.

Office programs allow additions to be made in the options menus. Some
other programs may have settings for this as well but I haven't run
into any.

TweakUI for XP has settings for this. Once the program is installed
look under Command Dialogs> Places Bar.

TweakUI v2.00 for Windows XP:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

TweakUI v2.10 for Windows XP SP1:
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

In addition:

Common Dialog box allows a max of 5. So, you need to replace the existing.

Edit the Places bar locations in Open/Save As boxes:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/PlacesBar.htm

--
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Windows XP - Shell/User
www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

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I have WindowsXP Professional 2002 SP-1. Is there a way to add a
shortcut to the menu that appears on the left side of the Windows Open
dialog box. That is, in any application, when I click on, say,
File>Open, the box that appears has along the left side "Desktop" "My
Documents" "My Computer" and so on. I would like to add a folder to
that list. If it's a space problem, I could remove either "My Recent
Documents" or "My Network". Can this be done? Thanks.

 

[Peter]

Sharon & Ramesh, Thank you for your responses. I have downloaded and
installed TweakUI (the SP-1 link you provided), and made the changes
at Common Dialogs>Places Bar. It works perfectly in some applications
(Notepad, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express), but does not work in
any MS Office programs. I have OfficeXP (2002 SP-2), Front Page 2003
and Access 2000. The Open/Save As boxes in those remains unchanged.
Sharon wrote, "Office programs allow additions to be made in the
options menus." Do you mean the Tools>Options menu of each Office
application? If so, I can't find any place under any of the tabs there
to make this change. Maybe I am missing something. If so, I would
appreciate your correcting me. I went to the URL suggested by Ramesh,
and I am very reluctant to change the Registry file, particularly --
as in this instance -- when I'm not sure I understand what I'm doing!
Thanks again for your help.

Sharon F MS MVP - Windows XP wrote

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Peter,

TweakUI procedure applies only to Common Dialog box, not Office applications. For Office XP, check this site:
http://www.petri.co.il/customize_the_places_bar_in_office_xp.htm

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

Free Online Virus Scanners and Security Tests:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Scanners.htm



Sharon & Ramesh, Thank you for your responses. I have downloaded and
installed TweakUI (the SP-1 link you provided), and made the changes
at Common Dialogs>Places Bar. It works perfectly in some applications
(Notepad, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express), but does not work in
any MS Office programs. I have OfficeXP (2002 SP-2), Front Page 2003
and Access 2000. The Open/Save As boxes in those remains unchanged.
Sharon wrote, "Office programs allow additions to be made in the
options menus." Do you mean the Tools>Options menu of each Office
application? If so, I can't find any place under any of the tabs there
to make this change. Maybe I am missing something. If so, I would
appreciate your correcting me. I went to the URL suggested by Ramesh,
and I am very reluctant to change the Registry file, particularly --
as in this instance -- when I'm not sure I understand what I'm doing!
Thanks again for your help.

Sharon F MS MVP - Windows XP wrote

 

[Peter]

Ramesh, Thank you for the update. I followed the link, and have made
the change to the Office XP places bar. I truly appreciate your help,
and Sharon's.

Ramesh wrote,

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

You're most welcome Peter.

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

Free Online Virus Scanners and Security Tests:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Scanners.htm



Ramesh, Thank you for the update. I followed the link, and have made
the change to the Office XP places bar. I truly appreciate your help,
and Sharon's.

Ramesh wrote,