Is there a way to get software to default to the C: drive for saves?

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I don't use the My Documents inside inside the Documents and Settings
default folder.

Instead I place a folder off the c: root drive for each web site I'm working on.

Word (and everything else it seems) defaults to My Documents inside Documents &
Settings and each time I save for the first time in a session, I have to change
to the C: drive and select the folder I want to use.

In the File Save box, when I click on the arrow for the drop down list to change
to the root, it ALWAYS takes 10 to 15 seconds for the drop down list to appear.
It's done that on each PC I've used and right now my OS install is only about 2
months old, with little clutter in the Registry. Very annoying of course.

Is there a way to speed that up?
OR
Is there a way to get software to default to the C: drive for saves?
 
RedOne77 said:
I don't use the My Documents inside inside the Documents and Settings
default folder.

Instead I place a folder off the c: root drive for each web site I'm
working on.
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Which I seem to recall is not a particularly sensible thing to - the reason
for that escapes me at the moment.
Is there a way to get software to default to the C: drive for saves?
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as you don't tell us what version of Word you are using, there is an option
within word Options to change the default location for documents. Whether or
not you can set it to the root of C I don't know - I suspect not.
 
You didn't mention the version of Office you're using.

In Word prior to 2007, you can set the default document location in
Tools=>Options=>File Locations.

In Word 2007,
Office Files Button=>Word Options=>Advanced
and scroll to the bottom for the [File Locations]
button.

There are similar settings in Excel and Powerpoint.

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I don't use the My Documents inside inside the Documents and Settings
default folder.

Instead I place a folder off the c: root drive for each web site I'm working on.

Word (and everything else it seems) defaults to My Documents inside Documents &
Settings and each time I save for the first time in a session, I have to change
to the C: drive and select the folder I want to use.

In the File Save box, when I click on the arrow for the drop down list to change
to the root, it ALWAYS takes 10 to 15 seconds for the drop down list to appear.
It's done that on each PC I've used and right now my OS install is only about 2
months old, with little clutter in the Registry. Very annoying of course.

Is there a way to speed that up?
OR
Is there a way to get software to default to the C: drive for saves?>>
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MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
 
You can also add folders (shortcuts) to the placebar of the File Open/Save
dialogs in versions of Word prior to W2007. So one click will change the
active folder when you save.

If you need any further pointers, please let us know OS and Office versions.
 
I don't use the My Documents inside inside the Documents and Settings
default folder.

Instead I place a folder off the c: root drive for each web site I'm working on.

Word (and everything else it seems) defaults to My Documents inside Documents &
Settings and each time I save for the first time in a session, I have to change
to the C: drive and select the folder I want to use.

In the File Save box, when I click on the arrow for the drop down list to change
to the root, it ALWAYS takes 10 to 15 seconds for the drop down list to appear.
It's done that on each PC I've used and right now my OS install is only about 2
months old, with little clutter in the Registry. Very annoying of course.

Is there a way to speed that up?
OR
Is there a way to get software to default to the C: drive for saves?
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Let me clarify.

I have changed the default in Word and that is working fine. Every other program
such as PhotoShop and Corel, and many more including applets for file uploads,
always default to the Doc & Settings subfolder for the logged on user user.

I don't use that and don't want to. I keep a My Documents as a folder on the C:
drive for convenience and past habits from older versions. I don't want to
change, but I don't want to have to wait about 10 seconds each time I want to
click and select the C drive each time. It's really the time lag that bugs me.
From earlier post:
 
If you add it to the place bar it should be virtually instant. Did you read
all the replies?
 
Have you set the C:\ drive as the location for "Word documents" on the File
Locations tab of Tools | Options in Word?
 
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