Default file open location

[Guest]

Hello,

I have a small problem that I cannot resolve. In Word 2003, when a user goes
to File and Open, the location is not set to their default working folder.
The default folder is set to a mapped drive, but Word is 'remembering' the
last location the user opened a file. I tested this in Excel to see if the
same behavior existed and it didn't. Excel opened the default folder location
each time regardless of where a file had been opended in the previous session.

It's a nuisance but one I would like to solve and I can find no option that
contols this.

Can anyone help?

Dave

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The default file location is used only when you first start Word. After
that, Word defaults to the most recently used folder for opening files and
the existing file location for saving files (that is, if you use Save As,
the default folder will be the one where the original is stored).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

Sorry, I should clarify. Word does not return to the default folder even when
it is restarted. Excel does. If I open Excel, open a document, save it to a
different location, close Excel then reopen it and choose File and Open, the
initial location is the default working folder.

This is not the case with Word. If I open a document in Word and then save
it to c:\temp\folder1, close Word and then reopen it, it will still point to
the c:\temp\folder1 location although the default working folder is set to
the user's My Documents folder

It seems like Word is remembering the last folder viewed in the open
dialouge even if no file is opened from or saved to that location.

That make sense?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Okay, yes, that makes sense. Are you using Word as your email editor in
Outlook? If so, I believe an instance of Word stays open even when you think
you have closed it. That might explain the phenomenon.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

You're on the right track Suzanne! We are using Word and testing this on my
machine, it does seem that Outlook is the culprit. On the user's machine who
first reported this to me however, it did not help.

I think you've shown me where I need to look though, so I'll plug away at it
some more with this new information.

Thanks for the help!!