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M

Markus

There are a couple of registry keys such as
defaultOPSfile, AutoRecoverPath, and Doc_Path that show up
in a couple of places and they point to folders on a Y
drive. The thing is I don't have these folders..in face I
don't even have a Y drive.

Would anyone be able to shed some light on where these
keys should be pointing to? This is a laptop I'm trying
to troubleshoot and I checked my PC to see where they go
but it doesn't have these keys. Below are the addresses
of where the keys are located.

Teere are 2 sets of these 3 keys. Each set share a common
root address in one of these places:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0...
or
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-776561741-1580818891-1060284298-1002
\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0...

The rest of the address for these keys are:

"defaultOPSfile" keys
....\Common\General\Settings

"AutoRecoverPath" keys
....\Excel\Options

"Doc_Path" keys
....\Publisher
 
D

Dave Patrick

Might be the user that installed Office used a network install on drive Y:\
ask them in office.setup

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


:
| There are a couple of registry keys such as
| defaultOPSfile, AutoRecoverPath, and Doc_Path that show up
| in a couple of places and they point to folders on a Y
| drive. The thing is I don't have these folders..in face I
| don't even have a Y drive.
|
| Would anyone be able to shed some light on where these
| keys should be pointing to? This is a laptop I'm trying
| to troubleshoot and I checked my PC to see where they go
| but it doesn't have these keys. Below are the addresses
| of where the keys are located.
|
| Teere are 2 sets of these 3 keys. Each set share a common
| root address in one of these places:
|
| HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0...
| or
| HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-776561741-1580818891-1060284298-1002
| \Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0...
|
| The rest of the address for these keys are:
|
| "defaultOPSfile" keys
| ...\Common\General\Settings
|
| "AutoRecoverPath" keys
| ...\Excel\Options
|
| "Doc_Path" keys
| ...\Publisher
 
D

Dave Patrick

Might be the user that installed Office used a network install on drive Y:\
ask them in office.setup

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


:
| There are a couple of registry keys such as
| defaultOPSfile, AutoRecoverPath, and Doc_Path that show up
| in a couple of places and they point to folders on a Y
| drive. The thing is I don't have these folders..in face I
| don't even have a Y drive.
|
| Would anyone be able to shed some light on where these
| keys should be pointing to? This is a laptop I'm trying
| to troubleshoot and I checked my PC to see where they go
| but it doesn't have these keys. Below are the addresses
| of where the keys are located.
|
| Teere are 2 sets of these 3 keys. Each set share a common
| root address in one of these places:
|
| HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0...
| or
| HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-776561741-1580818891-1060284298-1002
| \Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0...
|
| The rest of the address for these keys are:
|
| "defaultOPSfile" keys
| ...\Common\General\Settings
|
| "AutoRecoverPath" keys
| ...\Excel\Options
|
| "Doc_Path" keys
| ...\Publisher
 
M

Markus

Yeah he probably did, but now I need to know where I can
point the keys so that thier values are more recent and
direct data into actual folders. I tried reinstalling
OfficeXP but it didn't change these keys. What do you
think these keys might be for? Maybe I can just decide
what a good value for them might be.
 
M

Markus

Yeah he probably did, but now I need to know where I can
point the keys so that thier values are more recent and
direct data into actual folders. I tried reinstalling
OfficeXP but it didn't change these keys. What do you
think these keys might be for? Maybe I can just decide
what a good value for them might be.
 
D

Dave Patrick

You can probably point back to you CD-Rom drive but ask them in office setup

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


:
| Yeah he probably did, but now I need to know where I can
| point the keys so that thier values are more recent and
| direct data into actual folders. I tried reinstalling
| OfficeXP but it didn't change these keys. What do you
| think these keys might be for? Maybe I can just decide
| what a good value for them might be.
 
D

Dave Patrick

You can probably point back to you CD-Rom drive but ask them in office setup

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


:
| Yeah he probably did, but now I need to know where I can
| point the keys so that thier values are more recent and
| direct data into actual folders. I tried reinstalling
| OfficeXP but it didn't change these keys. What do you
| think these keys might be for? Maybe I can just decide
| what a good value for them might be.
 

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