Saving a file in "My Documents"

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Howard Brazee

When I save a file, Windows remembers where I saved the file, and assumes that
the next time I want to save a file, it will save it the same place.

This assumption is usually wrong.


So I save a file in \My Downloads, and then want to save a new file in My
Documents. With XP, I can get to My Documents quickly from the SAVE FILE
window. With W2K though, I have been walking through My Computer to C: to
Documents And Settings to Brazee to My Documents.

Is there a way to make this less labor intensive? My W2K machine is at work,
where I do not have administrator privilege.
 
you can use the documents folder on the desktop...

Save File As
instead of selecting "C" select desktop and then the
folder, or make a shortcut on the desktop of the original
folder. It's not perfect but it's less steps
 
if you don't have administrative privilages then the easy
thing to do is create a shortcut for that folder and put
it on the desktop. everytime you goto 'save as' just click
on desktop on the left pane and you can see the shortcut
on the right pane for your folder...

hope it helps.
 
you can use the documents folder on the desktop...

Save File As
instead of selecting "C" select desktop and then the
folder, or make a shortcut on the desktop of the original
folder. It's not perfect but it's less steps
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Thanks. It certainly is many fewer steps. I had tried a shortcut in my START
menu, but that didn't help. It would be nice to have it next to Desktop the
way it is with XP.
 
if you don't have administrative privilages then the easy
thing to do is create a shortcut for that folder and put
it on the desktop. everytime you goto 'save as' just click
on desktop on the left pane and you can see the shortcut
on the right pane for your folder...

hope it helps.
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It does. Out of curiosity, what is the solution for someone with
administrative privilege?
 
It does. Out of curiosity, what is the solution for someone with
administrative privilege?
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Don't know the solution, but if you are the guy/gal with administrator
rights everyone else expects YOU to know the answer already! Hehe!

Cheers,

Cliff
 
Howard Brazee said:
So I save a file in \My Downloads, and then want to save a new file in My
Documents. With XP, I can get to My Documents quickly from the SAVE FILE
window. With W2K though, I have been walking through My Computer to C: to
Documents And Settings to Brazee to My Documents.
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From what application are you saving? Does the W2K Save File window not
have the places bar on the left-hand side?
 
From what application are you saving? Does the W2K Save File window not
have the places bar on the left-hand side?
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Not as many as Windows XP does. I was wondering how to configure this bar to
get it to include "My Documents".
 
Not as many as Windows XP does. I was wondering how to configure this bar to
get it to include "My Documents".
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The easiest way to customize the Places bar is with TweakUI, but you can
do it through the registry. This article should help:
http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBF/Tip2500/rh2514.htm.

I'm puzzled, though. The Places bar is configured by default with My
Documents as one of the five choices. Have you modified it previously, or
turned it off?
 
The easiest way to customize the Places bar is with TweakUI, but you can
do it through the registry. This article should help:
http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBF/Tip2500/rh2514.htm.
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I tried to print that page. Opera truncated, Firebird failed, and so I tried
IE, which also truncated.

I wonder why they picked a bunch of locations instead of letting us pick. I
was hoping to use this to open up to a subdirectory of My Pictures (provided XP
at home works the same way).
I'm puzzled, though. The Places bar is configured by default with My
Documents as one of the five choices. Have you modified it previously, or
turned it off?
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I certainly haven't. It is possible that the PC people downstairs did - but it
seems unlikely. Checking the (read-only) registry, I don't see that this
setting exists.
 
I tried to print that page. Opera truncated, Firebird failed, and so I tried
IE, which also truncated.
Click to expand...

I rarely try to print anything from a browser. In my experience, the
results are almost always unsatisfactory unless the site supplies a
"printer-friendly" version of the page.
I wonder why they picked a bunch of locations instead of letting us pick. I
was hoping to use this to open up to a subdirectory of My Pictures (provided XP
at home works the same way).
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Making your choices for you is the Microsoft Way.
I certainly haven't. It is possible that the PC people downstairs did - but it
seems unlikely. Checking the (read-only) registry, I don't see that this
setting exists.
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Using regedit, under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\comdlg32
I have:

(Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
NoBackButton REG_DWORD 0x00000000 (0)
NoFileMru REG_DWORD 0x00000000 (0)

Make sure that the value NoPlacesBar isn't set there.

The subkey Placesbar under comdlg32 had:

(Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
Place0 REG_DWORD 0x00000022 (34)
Place1 REG_DWORD 0x00000000 (0)
Place2 REG_DWORD 0x00000005 (5)
Place3 REG_EXPAND_SZ %SystemDrive%\
Place4 REG_SZ E:\

I modified the last two using TWeakUI, but I believe the first three are
original. They correspond to History, Desktop, and My Documents.

TweakUI wasn't able to set an entry for My Pictures correctly, but I
easilt did it with Regedit, and now have:

Place0 REG_EXPAND_SZ %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Pictures

and it seems to work okay.
 
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