default location of open file window

[chris]

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-

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

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


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]

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.

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---

 

[BP]

How about for all the other programs?

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


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-

 

[Guest]

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

 

[Carrie Garth]

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/Index.cfm?ArticleID=21539