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| Thread ID: 28764 | 2002-12-30 21:42:00 | Setting default folder for saving files | Lady Macbeth (2860) | Press F1 |
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| 110008 | 2002-12-30 21:42:00 | Like my new name, people? :p Having quite a bit of bother trying to log back in under SusanB after emptying my cookies folder so while I wait for some help this name will have to do. Might have to keep it yet. :O Question 1: In Win XP instead of using the default My Documents folder I've created a Documents folder on the E: drive and even though I can get most files to save stuff there automatically some programs insist on defaulting to My Documents on the C: drive. These programs don't have anywhere to change the settings like you can in Office, etc so is there another trick I can use to do it? In the registry perhaps? Question 2: When I install programs under my Admin account in Win XP there are some programs, eg utility programs, etc that I don't want shortcuts going into the other account's Start menu and some programs that I do. Is there a way of controlling this or do I have to go into Win Explorer and manually move the Start menu shortcuts around in the other account for each program? |
Lady Macbeth (2860) | ||
| 110009 | 2002-12-31 01:53:00 | Nice to see you back.Thought you'd got too many toys to play with for Christmas,or you'd found something else to do in your spare time! :-) | Neil McC (178) | ||
| 110010 | 2002-12-31 01:59:00 | SusanB, 1, No I don’t particularly like the LadyM name; but who am I to criticise… :-) :-) :-) Q1, a) First have you modified the My Documents folder redirection. Right click on My Documents | Properties | Target Folder Location and edit to point to where your ‘new’ documents location is. b) There are registry ‘hacks’ to do these sorts of changes for Win2k/XP and Office2000/XP. I will email you some information/details. Q2, I haven’t yet found a reliable way of doing this and usually cut/paste/move the shortcuts as necessary (although I think you may be able to use policies in some circumstances) Babe (one-armed and not dangerous) :| |
Babe Ruth (416) | ||
| 110011 | 2002-12-31 03:08:00 | There's no danger until Burnham wood moves to Dunsandel. Until then, "Out, damned spot". | Graham L (2) | ||
| 110012 | 2002-12-31 03:33:00 | Neil: Thank you for the welcome . :-) I decided that "retirement" wasn't much fun after all . :D Babe: You don't like my new name? :O Oh . :-( Well I suppose it is a bit vicious . . . . . OK then, just for you I've changed it . robo says that SusanB has disappeared off the planet somehow :O but he found plain Susan so that will do until the geeks return and can have a go at finding my proper one again . For Q1: No I haven't modified the My Documents folder redirection -- I'm not actually using the Win XP My Documents folder at all on godfather's advice ("if it gets corrupted > "poof" goes all my stuff") . I'm using a totally new Documents folder that I created . I do have a taskbar shortcut to this folder using this path: %SystemRoot%\explorer . exe /e,E:\Documents It doesn't seem sufficient for a redirection because files/documents saved for the first time in some programs won't display that path in the Save As box, which is what I would like . Maybe I'm asking the impossible, like I usually do . :D Thanks for your advice regarding these - much appreciated . Oh, and it's not quite the same you being non-dangerous . :p Hope you get fixed up nicely soon . :-) |
Susan (2858) | ||
| 110013 | 2003-01-01 23:25:00 | Babe: Thanks a million, the registry hack works a treat. I'm rapt!! :-) :-) gives Babe a big hug AND a chocolate fish: <*)))))><{ |
Susan (2858) | ||
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