Customise my Open dialogue box

I want to put My Pictures icon in the 'Open' box
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JBF

How do I customize thee, oh Open box, let me count the ways...

If you have an Office 2000 (or later) component:
"INFO: Places COM Add-In for Office 2000 Available for Download"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260190

and let's not forget TweakUI:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx

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Leonard Grey
Since no one was buying 'Earl Grey'

SuzieWong wrote:
I want to put My Pictures icon in the 'Open' box

The Places bar is on the left in this picture...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/is...Edge/fig01.gif

You can use TweakUI, Edit the registry or if XP Pro, use System Policy
Editor.

Edit the Places bar locations in 'Open/Save As' common dialog boxes
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/PlacesBar.htm

For the MS Office Places bar...

Add or delete a shortcut from the My Places bar
Applies to: Access, InfoPath, Outlook, Publisher, PowerPoint, Word, Excel
2002 (XP) and 2003
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...890961033.aspx

In this article
Add a shortcut to the My Places bar
Remove a shortcut to the My Places bar
Rearrange shortcuts on the My Places bar
Change the size of icons on the My Places bar
Add a place to store your files
Applies to: Microsoft Office XP (2002) & Microsoft Office 2003
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...864981033.aspx

How to Customize the Places Bar in Office 2000
Applies to: Excel 2000, Access 2000, Outlook 2000 & Word 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/205041

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

Customize the Places Bar in Office XP
Applies to: Access 2002, Excel 2002, FrontPage 2002, Publisher 2002 & Word
2002 and Access 2003, Excel 2003, FrontPage 2003, Publisher 2003 & Word 2003
http://www.petri.co.il/customize_the..._office_xp.htm

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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I want to put My Pictures icon in the 'Open' box
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JBF

SuzieWong wrote ::
I want to put My Pictures icon in the 'Open' box


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1. Download and install TweakUI *
2. Open it.
3. Left Side, Expand "Common Dialogs" then click "Places Bar"
4. Right side, select "Custom Places Bar" radio button then choose the item from
the drop-down list. You can enter a folder path by typing in the box.
5. Click OK

*http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx
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- - - Windows XP Pro - - -
1. Click Start menu button Click Run
2. Type "gpedit.msc" (Without quotes) then press [Enter] key or click the OK button.
3. Left side, under "User Configuration", expand :
"Administrative Templates",
"Windows Components",
"Windows Explorer",
"Common Open File Dialog"
4. Right side, double click "Item displayed in Places Bar".
5. Select Enable radio button, then enter the paths.

* NOTE: You have to enter paths in all five(or the Save as box will be weird) and
dont use quotes around path.
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- - - Windows Home/Pro - - -
1. Click Start button then click Run.
2. Type "regedit" (Without quotes) in the Run dialog box.
3. Click OK or hit the [Enter] key.
4. Expand :
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\comdlg32\]
5. Left side, if there is a key named "PlacesBar" then ok. If not then create it by:
Right click "comdlg32", point to New, click "Key", enter "PlacesBar" (without
quotes) in name box.
6. After clicking "PlacesBar" in left side, create new string values by right
click New String. You have to make 5 values named "Place0", "Place1",
"Place2", "Place3", "Place4". No quotes. Enter the path of folder by double
clicking on them.
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