How to change default save folder?

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Brett

When right clicking on a new browser session to save an image, I'm placed in
the My Pictures folder. How can I have this changed to a certain folder?

Thanks,
Brett
 
You can change the value of My Pictures in the Registry in these
two keys: (ignore the second if the value is not there)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders

....Alan
 
Windows keeps changing that value back. I have also changed it and rebooted
but it gets changed back. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Brett
 
In what operating system?
It worked fine for me in Win9x

Check if you have an equivalent key in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

....Alan
 
I'm in WinXP Pro and the key is there.

Brett
Alan Edwards said:
In what operating system?
It worked fine for me in Win9x

Check if you have an equivalent key in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

...Alan

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Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser, "Brett"
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Hi Brett,

In the meantime:

Have you changed the "My Pictures" path under User Shell Folders key? If
you've only altered the "Shell Folders" value, it usually reverts back (in
accordance to the User Shell Folders value). Another checkpoint is that if
you're using an environmental variable such as "%Userprofile%", you need to
create a REG_EXPAND_SZ value type, rather than REG_SZ. Also, note that
REG_EXPAND_SZ type can accept either formats.

If nothing helps, you may want to set a registry audit to learn what's
altering the value. If you've XP Professional, have a look at this page
titled "How to use Group Policy to configure auditing of Windows registry
keys in XP Professional?"

http://www.winxptutor.com/auditreg.htm
 
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