Adding items to icons on left border of "Save As dialogue boxes

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Is there a way to add items to the icons on the left border of the "Save As"
or "Open" dialog boxes for NON-Microsoft software packages (e.g., Adobe
Acrobat, Eudora, etc.)? This is the dialog box that appears when Save As is
clicked in the File pull-down menu. By default, the icons in the left border
in this dialog box include: "My Recent Documents", "Desktop", "My Documents",
"My Computer" and "My Network". I would like to add "Favorites" to this list.

 

[Nepatsfan]

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Is there a way to add items to the icons on the left border
of the "Save As"
or "Open" dialog boxes for NON-Microsoft software packages
(e.g., Adobe
Acrobat, Eudora, etc.)? This is the dialog box that appears
when Save As is
clicked in the File pull-down menu. By default, the icons in
the left border
in this dialog box include: "My Recent Documents", "Desktop",
"My Documents",
"My Computer" and "My Network". I would like to add
"Favorites" to this list.

You can't have any more than 5 places in that bar, but you can
change each of the default locations. The easiest way to do
this is with a program available from Microsoft called TweakUI.

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Direct Download of TweakUI
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

Once the program is installed, go to Start -> All Programs ->
Powertoys for Windows XP -> TweakUI.
Click the plus sign next to Common Dialogs and click on Places
Bar.
In the right hand pane, select Custom places bar.
You can now change any or all of the 5 default places to ones
of your choosing.

Here are a couple of articles with more info.

Customize the Places Bar
http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000884.html

Places Bar in the Common Dialog
http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/folderconfig.htm

Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP
Edit the Places bar locations in 'Open/Save As' common dialog
boxes
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/PlacesBar.htm

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[Guest]

This is very helpful! Thanks. I have one comment, though. The "Places" bar
in my versions of MS Word and Excel (Office 2003) already has 6 items in it.

 

[Nepatsfan]

Office maintains its own common places dialog. According to
what I've read the limit there is 256 places.

How to customize the My Places bar in both the Open and the
Save As dialog boxes in Office
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=826214

Good luck

Nepatsfan

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