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Two questions...

First, when I am saving a document, a window pops up with a menu on the left side that includes "History folder, My Documents folder, Desktop, Favorites, etc.". How do I add a folder to this menu bar?

Second, when I go to save documents from several applications, it often defaults to a "Temp folder" down in the bowels of my profile folder. How do I change the default folder for saving documents?

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"Second, when I go to save documents from several applications, it often defaults to a "Temp folder" down in the bowels of my profile folder. How do I change the default folder for saving documents?"

I don't think you really want to do that. This is a major configuration change for Windows 2000 and if you do you stand a good chance of Temporary Internet Files fleeing the coop. That is popping up who knows where somewhere else. I wouldn't. But if you want to the setting is in your Environment settings:

Right-click My Computer | Properties | Advanced | Environment Variables... | | User variables for %profile% | the TMP and TEMP variables | Double-click them and change their Variable Data to where you want them to point.

The first thing you mention takes a shell dll. There is a C++ sample of one at Microsoft. Don't recall the name right off.
 
places.dll is the name of it.

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"Second, when I go to save documents from several applications, it often defaults to a "Temp folder" down in the bowels of my profile folder. How do I change the default folder for saving documents?"

I don't think you really want to do that. This is a major configuration change for Windows 2000 and if you do you stand a good chance of Temporary Internet Files fleeing the coop. That is popping up who knows where somewhere else. I wouldn't. But if you want to the setting is in your Environment settings:

Right-click My Computer | Properties | Advanced | Environment Variables... | | User variables for %profile% | the TMP and TEMP variables | Double-click them and change their Variable Data to where you want them to point.

The first thing you mention takes a shell dll. There is a C++ sample of one at Microsoft. Don't recall the name right off.
 
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