I included four links in my post. Did you read all of them? At least three
of them have everything you need.

The first link says...
[[Removing a Default Icon in the Places Bar
You can also remove default icons from the Places Bar by modifying the
system registry.]]
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;205041

The second link...
How to Edit the Registry to Hide Desktop Items
http://support.microsoft.com/default...22120121120120

The fourth link...
How to Edit the Registry to Hide Desktop Items
http://support.microsoft.com/default...23120121120120

Add Private Documents.

Adding a User-Defined Entry to the Places Bar
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;205041

How to Add Items to the "My Places" Bar
http://support.microsoft.com/default...22120121120120

How to Add Items to the My Places Bar
http://support.microsoft.com/default...23120121120120

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Versio n ###\Common\
Open Find\Places\StandardPlaces
Value Name: Show
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Versio n ###\Common\
Open Find\Places\UserDefinedPlaces\Place0
Value Name: Name
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value Name: Private Documents

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:65337685-1CC8-4022-B7C3-968EACA54E25@microsoft.com,
Jamie Tanner <JamieTanner@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Thanks for the help. It has opened my eyes to a few things but doesn't
> help me out.
>
> The document you showed me says that teh MY Documents folder can't be
> renamed on the My Places bar. I'm hoping there is a way to change it by
> editing the registry or something similar as we need to script this
> change so it runs in a Group Policy.
>
> Thanks again for your help. Any more help would be appreciated!
>
> Jamie
>
> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>
>> How to Customize the Places Bar Word 2000
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;205041
>>
>> How to customize the My Places bar in the "Open" and "Save As" dialog
>> boxes in Office XP programs
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;282087
>>
>> Customize the Places Bar in Office XP
>> http://www.petri.co.il/customize_the..._office_xp.htm
>>
>> 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...b;en-us;826214
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:1BF352BC-332D-456C-ABBC-0768FF6DA327@microsoft.com,
>> Jamie Tanner <JamieTanner@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Not sure if you can help but I'll give it a go.
>>>
>>> We have renamed the My Documents folder on our users PCs to Private
>>> Documents. This folder is also redirected to a network folder by Group
>>> Policy. This has worked very well.
>>>
>>> The problem we have is this:
>>>
>>> When a user opens, say, an Offcie application like Word and they click
>>> the Open button, the icon for the My Documents folder is still called My
>>> Documents. This will throw up confusion for our users when we roll out
>>> this change as we want to be able to tell them My Documents is now
>>> Private Documents.
>>>
>>> Anyway, my question is this, how are we able to change the name of the
>>> My Documents folder in the Open box within Word (any any other
>>> application for that matter)?
>>>
>>> Thansk for your help in advance,
>>>
>>> Jamie