Customise my Open dialogue box

[Guest]

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

 

[Leonard Grey]

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/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

 

[Wesley Vogel]

The Places bar is on the left in this picture...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/03/CuttingEdge/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/assistance/HP030890961033.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/assistance/HA011864981033.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_places_bar_in_office_xp.htm

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Ayush]

SuzieWong wrote ::

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

- - Windows Home/Pro - -
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/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.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\CurrentVersion\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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