Office xp pro 2003

[bunty18]

Does anyone know how I can change the location for saving files in MS office. Whenever I have to save something in word or excel if I hit save it opens a window that shows my documents. I want to change that. If someone wants to open any docs and hit the open botton on the toolbar in word, It opens my document as default then they have to select the right drive to search for the docs.

Is there any way if someone wants to open any doc in word and they hit open on the toolbar in MS word, instead of opening my documents as default it opens shared data drive or user shared home directory.

Is it possible to make that change?

 

[vacunita]

Have you gone from within Word to

Tools->Options->File Locations

and altered the paths there?

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[bcastner]

The default will change every time the folder is manally browsed and opened.

A more persistent approach would be to add the folders you would like in the My Places Bar:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=826214

Note that Office applications use a different set of registry entries for Common Dialogue boxes than XP generally, so TweakUI and other approaches will not work:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/PlacesBar.htm

Office XP & 2003 already have a customize option for the Places bar. Again this only affects the Office Open & Save dialogs not the Open and Save common dialogs. Office XP & 2003 have the large and small icon option also. Some additional discussion of Office 2003 and Common Dialogue box customization:

. Add or delete a shortcut from the My Places bar

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP030890961033.aspx

. Add a place to store your files

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011864981033.aspx

. How to customize the My Places bar in the "Open" and "Save As" dialog boxes in Office XP programs

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;282087

. How to customize the My Places bar in both the Open and the Save As dialog boxes in Office 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;826214

. Customize the Places Bar in Office XP

http://www.petri.co.il/customize_the_places_bar_in_office_xp.htm

 

[bunty18]

I am responding for vacunita

How you can make that change in the registry so it works for every domain user who logs into the domain PC?

 

[vacunita]

The key is located in:

  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word\Options

Value 5
  Name:            DOC-PATH
  Type:            REG_EXPAND_SZ
  Data:            C:\Documents and Settings\*USER*\My Documents\

So I suppose you could create a login script to alter that Path at login, and push it to all the Domain users, via a Group Policy or something like that.

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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.

 

[bunty18]

Can this registry key works for MS Excel, MS outlook, ??