Navigating to favourites from save as dialog box

[Guest]

When I save files the dialog box does not give me the option to navigate to
my favorites folder and I have to manually navigate my way across the various
networks and servers to teh right file location. It does include "My Recent
Docuements", "Desktop", "My Documents", "My Computer" and "My Network Places"
Is there any way I can include my favorites as an option to save time and
hassle?
Cheers.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

You can use TweakUI to add/remove places in the Open/Save As dialog. Download TweakUI from here:

TweakUI v2.00 for Windows XP/XP MCE [564 KB].
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

TweakUI v2.10 for Windows XP SP1/XP MCE/2003 [147 KB].
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

You can also accomplish this using Group Policy editor in Windows XP Professional

Type GPEDIT.MSC in the RUN box. Navigate to:
User Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components |
Windows Explorer | Common Open File Dialog
Double-click Items displayed in Places Bar and add the places in the text boxes

 

[Guest]

the downloaded tool doesn't seem to work. I chose to add favorites but when I
go to try and save a files the favorites isn't an option (except for Adobe
Acrobat).

Gpedit also doesn't work.

You can use TweakUI to add/remove places in the Open/Save As dialog. Download TweakUI from here:

TweakUI v2.00 for Windows XP/XP MCE [564 KB].
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

TweakUI v2.10 for Windows XP SP1/XP MCE/2003 [147 KB].
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

You can also accomplish this using Group Policy editor in Windows XP Professional

Type GPEDIT.MSC in the RUN box. Navigate to:
User Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components |
Windows Explorer | Common Open File Dialog
Double-click Items displayed in Places Bar and add the places in the text boxes

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

When I save files the dialog box does not give me the option to navigate to
my favorites folder and I have to manually navigate my way across the various
networks and servers to teh right file location. It does include "My Recent
Docuements", "Desktop", "My Documents", "My Computer" and "My Network Places"
Is there any way I can include my favorites as an option to save time and
hassle?
Cheers.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

BTW, that works only for Common Dialog boxes. (Notepad / Wordpad etc). Have
you tested in Notepad?

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

the downloaded tool doesn't seem to work. I chose to add favorites but
when I
go to try and save a files the favorites isn't an option (except for Adobe
Acrobat).

Gpedit also doesn't work.

You can use TweakUI to add/remove places in the Open/Save As dialog.
Download TweakUI from here:

TweakUI v2.00 for Windows XP/XP MCE [564 KB].
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

TweakUI v2.10 for Windows XP SP1/XP MCE/2003 [147 KB].
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

You can also accomplish this using Group Policy editor in Windows XP
Professional

Type GPEDIT.MSC in the RUN box. Navigate to:
User Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components |
Windows Explorer | Common Open File Dialog
Double-click Items displayed in Places Bar and add the places in the text
boxes

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

When I save files the dialog box does not give me the option to
navigate to
my favorites folder and I have to manually navigate my way across the
various
networks and servers to teh right file location. It does include "My
Recent
Docuements", "Desktop", "My Documents", "My Computer" and "My Network
Places"
Is there any way I can include my favorites as an option to save time
and
hassle?
Cheers.