Ravenous wrote:

> I have Windows XP Home Edition (SP2), I have partitioned my hard
> drive and keep my data on a different partition to windows. When
> using the "Open" or "Save As" dialogue boxes there is a list of
> "Places" on the left of the box. This includes: Recent Files,
> Desktop, My Documents, My Computer & My Network Places. I would like
> to change these places so that instead of Recent files and My
> Documents I have access to a couple of folders on the second
> partition.
>
> I have read the details on the MSDN page:
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ry/en-us/winui
> /winui/windowsuserinterface/userinput/commondialogboxlibrary/aboutcomm
> ondialogboxes/openandsaveasdialogboxes.asp
>
> which tells one which parts of the registry to edit, but it appears
> to be for XP Professional. I have looked at the registry on my
> machine and it doesn't have the right sections to it.
>
> Any ideas?

You can use these two freewares (I use them successfully):

For Office products: OPiE 2.0 Office Places Editor

For XP: WinPlaE O.S. PlacesBar Editor

http://www.thezjooj.is-a-geek.com/do...asp#OfficeProd

Regards,

Hans L

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