Standard opening folder is My Documents

[Sinexus]

Always when I press the button to open a document in an Office program (and also others) the standard folder is "My Documents". I never store files here, and so it only annoyes me. Can this be changed in some way?

 

[PeterMoran]

Hi Sinexus,

If you use a recent version of Office - after 2000 I think you can change the sidebar icons on the Open window.

For Office 2000 there is a Microsoft utility called Places.exe which you may still be able to download from Microsoft.

It is also possible that if your My Documents folder is on a network the situation may be more complex.

Good Luck

Peter Moran

 

[clayton74]

Hello
Word
If you click Tools / Options there is a Tab in there called File Locations, highlight this and click Modify and amend this to the location you want to save to.
Excel
Tools>Options. On the "General" tab change the default location.
There is no single location (as far as I am aware) to change athe setting so everything defaults to 1 place.
Hope this helps

 

[Sinexus]

Ah yes, thanks!