Places Bar

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I want to customize the Places Bar. I have TweakUI, but it offers a
limited selection of places. Is there a registry hack that I can use
to add my own places?

Thank you.

Awaiting your responses with baited breath, I remain, yours truly,
<*(((>< ~~~
~~~~~
 
A Google serach on Places Bar results in pages of information. Try it -
you'll like it.
 
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://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/PlacesBar.htm

TweakUI
[+] Common Dialogs
Places bar

Places bar
* Custom places bar

Places bar
[[This enables changing the location when a common dialog is opened. You can
use the default values or you can choose a custom location to open when a
common dialog box is opened.]]

Common Dialog Boxes
[[The common dialog boxes, such as the Save As dialog box, display the
places bar on the left side. These are shortcuts to common folders, which
make getting around much easier. By default, you see the History, Documents,
Desktop, Favorites, and My Network Places folders there. You can customize
the folders that appear in the places bar by using the Common Dialogs
category in Tweak UI.]]

For Group Policy if XP Pro.
Open Group Policy...
Start | Run | Type: gpedit.msc | Click OK |
Navigate to >>
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\
Windows Explorer\Common Open File Dialog\
Items displayed in Places Bar

Items displayed in Places Bar
http://www.boyce.us/gp/gpcontent.asp?ID=567

+++

[[First you add to
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\comdlg32\
the PlacesBar subkey. In PlacesBar, create the REG_DWORD values Place0,
Place1, Place2, Place3, and Place4. These correspond to the five available
buttons from top to bottom. The common dialog boxes will display only the
buttons specified by these values; if there is a PlacesBar subkey with no
values, an empty places bar will be displayed. Then set PlacesN to one of
the settings in shown in Table]]

Folders for the Places Bar
Folder Value
Desktop 0x00
Favorites 0x06
My Documents 0x05
My Music 0x0D
My Computer 0x11
Network Neighborhood 0x12
History 0x22
My Pictures 0x27
Recent Documents 0x08

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\comdlg32\PlacesBar
Place0
Place1
Place2
Place3
Place4

System Policy Editor and Templates
http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/xp/appndx/appa18.htm

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Replied to []s message :
I want to customize the Places Bar. I have TweakUI, but it offers a
limited selection of places. Is there a registry hack that I can use
to add my own places?
Click to expand...


No. Only 5 :(
 
Hello,

If you mean the "location", you can enter your own values in the dropdown
after selecting "Custom places bar".

If you mean to increase the number of icons, sorry I can't help.
 
Thank you, Mr. Vogel -- TweakUI worked perfectly!



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Wesley Vogel said:
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://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/PlacesBar.htm

TweakUI
[+] Common Dialogs
Places bar

Places bar
* Custom places bar

Places bar
[[This enables changing the location when a common dialog is opened. You
can
use the default values or you can choose a custom location to open when a
common dialog box is opened.]]

Common Dialog Boxes
[[The common dialog boxes, such as the Save As dialog box, display the
places bar on the left side. These are shortcuts to common folders, which
make getting around much easier. By default, you see the History,
Documents,
Desktop, Favorites, and My Network Places folders there. You can customize
the folders that appear in the places bar by using the Common Dialogs
category in Tweak UI.]]

For Group Policy if XP Pro.
Open Group Policy...
Start | Run | Type: gpedit.msc | Click OK |
Navigate to >>
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\
Windows Explorer\Common Open File Dialog\
Items displayed in Places Bar

Items displayed in Places Bar
http://www.boyce.us/gp/gpcontent.asp?ID=567

+++

[[First you add to
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\comdlg32\
the PlacesBar subkey. In PlacesBar, create the REG_DWORD values Place0,
Place1, Place2, Place3, and Place4. These correspond to the five available
buttons from top to bottom. The common dialog boxes will display only the
buttons specified by these values; if there is a PlacesBar subkey with no
values, an empty places bar will be displayed. Then set PlacesN to one of
the settings in shown in Table]]

Folders for the Places Bar
Folder Value
Desktop 0x00
Favorites 0x06
My Documents 0x05
My Music 0x0D
My Computer 0x11
Network Neighborhood 0x12
History 0x22
My Pictures 0x27
Recent Documents 0x08

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\comdlg32\PlacesBar
Place0
Place1
Place2
Place3
Place4

System Policy Editor and Templates
http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/xp/appndx/appa18.htm

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
*((( said:
I want to customize the Places Bar. I have TweakUI, but it offers a
limited selection of places. Is there a registry hack that I can use
to add my own places?

Thank you.

Awaiting your responses with baited breath, I remain, yours truly,
<*(((>< ~~~
~~~~~
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Click to expand...
 
Hi -- I wasn't very specific. It was only letting me have 3 places. I
finally got it to make 5 places. (Turned out the problem was operator
error).



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Ayush said:
Replied to []s message :
I want to customize the Places Bar. I have TweakUI, but it offers a
limited selection of places. Is there a registry hack that I can use
to add my own places?
Click to expand...


No. Only 5 :(
Click to expand...
 
Glad to hear it. TweakUI has a lot of other nifty things...

TweakUI for Windows XP - Tips
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/twktips.htm

Tweak UI for Windows XP Guide
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx

TweakUI PowerTips
http://weblogs.asp.net/jkey/archive/2003/08/01/22303.aspx

All of those tips at the link above are part of TweakUI.

TweakUI
[+] About
Tips

You can cycle through the tips with the Next Tip and Previous Tip buttons.
But, if you click the Save Tips button, you get Tweak UI Tips.txt which you
can save wherever, with all of the tips in a Notepad file.


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
Thank you, Mr. Vogel -- TweakUI worked perfectly!



--
<*(((><
Wesley Vogel said:
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://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/PlacesBar.htm

TweakUI
[+] Common Dialogs
Places bar

Places bar
* Custom places bar

Places bar
[[This enables changing the location when a common dialog is opened. You
can
use the default values or you can choose a custom location to open when a
common dialog box is opened.]]

Common Dialog Boxes
[[The common dialog boxes, such as the Save As dialog box, display the
places bar on the left side. These are shortcuts to common folders, which
make getting around much easier. By default, you see the History,
Documents,
Desktop, Favorites, and My Network Places folders there. You can
customize the folders that appear in the places bar by using the Common
Dialogs category in Tweak UI.]]

For Group Policy if XP Pro.
Open Group Policy...
Start | Run | Type: gpedit.msc | Click OK |
Navigate to >>
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\
Windows Explorer\Common Open File Dialog\
Items displayed in Places Bar

Items displayed in Places Bar
http://www.boyce.us/gp/gpcontent.asp?ID=567

+++

[[First you add to
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\comdlg32\
the PlacesBar subkey. In PlacesBar, create the REG_DWORD values Place0,
Place1, Place2, Place3, and Place4. These correspond to the five
available buttons from top to bottom. The common dialog boxes will
display only the buttons specified by these values; if there is a
PlacesBar subkey with no values, an empty places bar will be displayed.
Then set PlacesN to one of the settings in shown in Table]]

Folders for the Places Bar
Folder Value
Desktop 0x00
Favorites 0x06
My Documents 0x05
My Music 0x0D
My Computer 0x11
Network Neighborhood 0x12
History 0x22
My Pictures 0x27
Recent Documents 0x08

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\comdlg32\PlacesBar
Place0
Place1
Place2
Place3
Place4

System Policy Editor and Templates
http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/xp/appndx/appa18.htm

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
*((( said:
I want to customize the Places Bar. I have TweakUI, but it offers a
limited selection of places. Is there a registry hack that I can use
to add my own places?

Thank you.

Awaiting your responses with baited breath, I remain, yours truly,
<*(((>< ~~~
~~~~~
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