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Folder Shortcuts in Dialog Boxes
You can't save it in a shortcut which is on your desktop
save it in the test folder in My Docs. -----Original Message----- I cannot use shortcuts in either the "Open" or "Save As" dialog box. I ask whoever is willing to perform this simple test: 1.) In your My Documents, create a folder called "TEST" 2.) Create a desktop shortcut to the "TEST" folder -- it will be named "Shortcut to TEST" 3.) Open Notepad (for this example) 4.) In Notepad, choose File Save As; you now see the "Save as" Dialog Box 5.) In the "Save in" dropdown near the top of the "Save as" Dialog Box, choose "Desktop" Now, do you see your "Shortcut to TEST"? I don't see mine. In Windows 2000 I did -- I could double- click "Shortcut to TEST" and I'd be taken to the "TEST" folder under My Documents. 6.) In the "Save as type" dropdown near the bottom of the "Save as" Dialog Box, choose "All files" You should now see EVERYTHING on the Desktop. But try double-clicking on "Shortcut to Desktop" -- Windows thinks I want to save my file as "Shortcut to TEST.lnk"! I commonly save new files and documents to folders DEEP in our network, like: P:\Accounts\Clients\Documents\2003\Billing\ (etc.) Not being able to use a shortcut to get there means a lot of extra clicking -- which I did not have to do in Windows 2000. I cannot figure this out. If nobody else is having this problem, then maybe it's time for me to backup my system and reinstall XP. Thanks for your time. JJ Burnam . |
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