I have a question about Customize 
Common Dialogs:


The windows XP method for open, save and save-as that seems to truly work.

My specific problem - i am administering a lab with 4 machines that use a single 
file server as the primary place to store files, naturally, i want that place to 
appear at the top of the places bar.

How i did it:

The key i played with is:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\comdlg32\PlacesBar\

I needed to create both the "comdlg32" and "PlacesBar" keys.

inside the "PlacesBar" key, i created 5 values, for my first since it was a custom 
place, i created a STRING value, named "Place0" (Note: the index starts at 0, not 
1), and the value of "S:\" (my file server mount).

For my other 4 places, i created DWORDS named "Place1" "Place2" "Place3" and "Place4". 
 The values for these, i got from the table at :

http://www.puppypc.com/windows/rt/comdlg_placebar.htm

Works great, 100% reproducible on WinXP SP1

~jon

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You can do all this with TweakUI, too.






On Thursday, November 6, 2003 at 9:36 am, Jonathan T. Sage wrote:
>I have a question about Customize 
>Common Dialogs:

>
>The windows XP method for open, save and save-as that seems to truly work.
>
>My specific problem - i am administering a lab with 4 machines that use a single 
>file server as the primary place to store files, naturally, i want that place to 
>appear at the top of the places bar.
>
>How i did it:
>
>The key i played with is:
>
>HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\comdlg32\PlacesBar\
>
>I needed to create both the "comdlg32" and "PlacesBar" keys.
>
>inside the "PlacesBar" key, i created 5 values, for my first since it was a custom 
>place, i created a STRING value, named "Place0" (Note: the index starts at 0, not 
>1), and the value of "S:\" (my file server mount).
>
>For my other 4 places, i created DWORDS named "Place1" "Place2" "Place3" and "Place4". 
> The values for these, i got from the table at :
>
>http://www.puppypc.com/windows/rt/comdlg_placebar.htm
>
>Works great, 100% reproducible on WinXP SP1
>
>~jon
>
>

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Nope, you can only add what's in the combo box, not custom paths


On Thursday, November 6, 2003 at 10:48 am, jagged ben wrote:
>
>You can do all this with TweakUI, too.
>
>

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Hi, Could you please publish those values for "Place1" "Place2" "Place3" and "Place4" the page that you refered is not available anymore that'll be great if you can give us the values. Thanks in Advance, Rogelio.


On Thursday, November 6, 2003 at 9:36 am, Jonathan T. Sage wrote:
>
>I have a question about Customize
>Common Dialogs:

>
>The windows XP method for open, save and save-as that seems to truly work.
>
>My specific problem - i am administering a lab with 4 machines that use a single
>file server as the primary place to store files, naturally, i want that place to
>appear at the top of the places bar.
>
>How i did it:
>
>The key i played with is:
>
>HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\comdlg32\PlacesBar\
>
>I needed to create both the "comdlg32" and "PlacesBar" keys.
>
>inside the "PlacesBar" key, i created 5 values, for my first since it was a custom
>place, i created a STRING value, named "Place0" (Note: the index starts at 0, not
>1), and the value of "S:\" (my file server mount).
>
>For my other 4 places, i created DWORDS named "Place1" "Place2" "Place3" and "Place4".
> The values for these, i got from the table at :
>
>http://www.puppypc.com/windows/rt/comdlg_placebar.htm
>
>Works great, 100% reproducible on WinXP SP1
>
>~jon
>

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John Bonifas wrote: Nope, you can only add what's in the combo box, not custom 
paths


Nope. You can type a custom path in those boxes:



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