| "Sleepyman" <
[email protected]>
| wrote in message | Hello All,
| I was wondering if there is a way to access the favorites
| folder from the start menu, My conputer, or anyplace else?
| Using XPee Home Ed sp1
- For easy access to your Favorites from Start menu:
If you are using the Windows XP style Start menu
right-click the Start button, and then click Properties.
On the Start Menu tab, under Start menu, click Customize.
On the Advanced tab, under Start menu items, select
"Favorites menu".
If you are using the Classic Start menu right-click the
Start button, and then click Properties. Click Customize
and under Advanced Start menu options click to select
"Display Favorites".
- For easy access to your Favorites from My Computer or
Internet Explorer if you are a mouse person, add a button
to the toolbar by:
Opening Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer. On the
View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Customize.
Select the Favorites button (it is a Star) from the list of
Available toolbar buttons, and then click Add. If desired
select the Favorites button, then click the Move Up, or
Move Down button to position the button as desired
on your toolbar.
- For easy access to your Favorites from My Computer or
Internet Explorer if you are a keyboard person, press:
CTRL+I
- For easy access to your Favorites from your taskbar you
could add a custom toolbar to the taskbar that points to
your Favorites
To do that right-click an empty area on the taskbar, point
to Toolbars, click New Toolbar..., then choose your
C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\Favorites folder.
Note 1: Once the toolbar is displayed you can right-click it to
display a menu which allows you customize the toolbar
(such as "Show Text", etc.)
Note 2: If you want this custom toolbar to be a cascading-type
folder that takes up little taskbar space but cascades open
when you select it do this.
Close all applications with buttons on the taskbar. Right-click
the custom Favorites toolbar and make certain that "Show Title"
is selected. Hover your mouse over the raised divider bar until
you see a double-arrow (if you do not see the raised divider bar
right-click an empty area on the taskbar and make certain that
"Lock the Taskbar" is not selected.) Click to select the divider
bar with your primary mouse button. Position the divider bar as
far to the right as possible and then release the mouse button
(this assumes your taskbar is positioned in the default configuration).
Now there will be a double-arrow indicator on your custom
Favorites toolbar and if you click to select the arrow your
Favorites folder will cascade open.
- For easy access to your Favorites from the Run command
click Start, click Run, type the following command and click OK:
Shell:Favorites
- For easy access to All Users\Favorites from the Run command
click Start, click Run, type the following command and click OK:
Shell:Common Favorites
- For easy access to your Favorites from the My Places Bar
(the vertical button bar at the left-hand side in the Open
and Save [As] dialog boxes) for Microsoft Office see the
following Microsoft Knowledge Base article
[depending on your version of Office]:
KB205041 - OFF2000: How to Customize the Places Bar
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=205041
KB282087 - HOW TO: Customize the My Places Bar in the "Open"
and "Save As" Dialog Boxes [Office XP]
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=282087
KB826214 - How To: Customize the My Places Bar in Both the
Open and the Save As Dialog Boxes in Office 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=826214
- For easy access to your Favorites from the Places
Bar in common dialog box (the one used with Notepad,
WordPad, Internet Explorer, etc.), refer to the following
Google Groups archived newsgroup post. Note, choose
to display the "Common shell folder" MyFavorites and
other frequently used folders.
Link to archived newsgroup post via Google Groups:
http://www.google.com/groups?&[email protected]
----- Begin Original Message -----
From: "Ramesh [MVP]" <
[email protected]@mvps.org>
Subject: Re: Windows Application Dialog boxes
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 03:54:35 +0530
Message-ID: <
[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Hi Ron,
Using TweakUI, you can add your custom locations to the Places
bar in Open/Save As dialog boxes
TweakUI v2.00 for Windows XP
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
TweakUI v2.10 for Windows XP SP1
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
Open TweakUI, click Common Dialogs, Places Bar and add
your items there.
-or-
You can also accomplish this using Group Policy editor in
Windows XP Professional
1 Type Gpedit.msc in the RUN box.
2 User Configuration | User Configuration | Windows Components |
Common Open File Dialog
3 Double-click 'Items displayed in Places Bar' and add the places in
the text boxes
[See "Explain" tab for more information]
Note: All of teh above information applies only for Common Dialog boxes
and not for Office applications.
