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More info?)
Hi Curtis,
I am not sure what you're after. You can have five shortcuts in the Places
Bar. You can customize those five to ones that you use most often. You
cannot have a tree view like Windows Explorer that you can scroll through.
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news
an.2005.09.09.22.20.52.909571@gmail.com,
Curtis Vaughan <cavaughan@gmail.com> hunted and pecked:
> Yeh, I found a lot of information about Places Bar. I've tried the Tweak
> UI and various reg. edits and Group policy changes, but nothing seems to
> do what I want to do. In fact, I'm now beginning to believe what I thought
> was possible, isn't. What I want is so that like in Windows Explorer where
> you have a file listing in left-hand pane, so to when opening and saving
> files.
>
> Looking through the various info that you have sent I also don't see that
> very solution.
>
> Could you please help me out?
>
> Curtis
>
>
> On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 15:12:19 -0600, Wesley Vogel wrote:
>
>> It's called the Places bar.
>>
>> Places bar
>> [[Provides shortcuts to places on your computer or the network from which
>> you can open a file, such as the History folder, the desktop, or My
>> Network Places. When you click a location, it will appear in Look in,
>> and the files and folders in the selected location will be listed at the
>> right.]]
>>
>> Use TweakUI, Edit the registry or use System Policy Editor. Or if Office
>> XP, scroll down.
>>
>> Edit the Places bar locations in Open Save As common dialog boxes
>>
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/PlacesBar.htm
>>
>> This works for 2002 also.
>> How to Customize the Places Bar Word 2000
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;205041
>>
>> Microsoft Office XP
>> HOW TO Customize the My Places Bar in the Open and Save As Dialog Boxes
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;282087
>>
>> Customize the Places Bar in Office XP
>>
http://www.petri.co.il/customize_the_places_bar_in_office_xp.htm
>>
>> +++
>>
>> TweakUI
>> [+] Common Dialogs
>> Places bar
>>
>> Places bar
>> Custom places bar
>>
>> Places bar
>> [[This enables changing the location when a common dialog is opened. You
>> can use the default values or you can choose a custom location to open
>> when a common dialog box is opened.]]
>>
>> Common Dialog Boxes
>> [[The common dialog boxes, such as the Save As dialog box, display the
>> places bar on the left side. These are shortcuts to common folders, which
>> make getting around much easier. By default, you see the History,
>> Documents, Desktop, Favorites, and My Network Places folders there. You
>> can customize the folders that appear in the places bar by using the
>> Common Dialogs category in Tweak UI.]]
>>
>> Download TweakUI here >>>
>>
>> Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
>>
>> Tweak UI
>> TweakUI.exe
>> ===
>>
>> Tweak UI for Windows XP Guide
>>
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx
>>
>> +++
>>
>>
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\comdlg3
>> 2\PlacesBar
>> Place0
>> Place1
>> Place2
>> Place3
>> Place4
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news
an.2005.09.09.18.25.12.759969@gmail.com,
>> Curtis Vaughan <cavaughan@gmail.com> hunted and pecked:
>>> On XP Pro I used to have it set up so that when I opened or saved a file
>>> (regardless of the program being used) it would show the folder list on
>>> the left side of the open/save file window (like in Windows Explorer
>>> when you do a folder list in the left pane). Now, it only shows certain
>>> groupings like My Documents, My Computer, My Network, etc. in the left
>>> pane. How do I get folders back?
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