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38717	2002-03-11 07:18:00	I remember reading an article on how to change the default options when using ?File ? Open? in ms office. The usual ones are something like ?History ? My Documents ? Desktop ? Favorites ? Network Places?. By editing the registry they can be changed, can anybody point my to the correct issue of PC World or remember how to do this ? I'm using win2k and office 2k. Many TIA, Brian.	Guest (0)
38718	2002-03-11 11:07:00	Spent a decent half hour today trying to figure this out for myself. I am running ME and for ME it is... Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\[version]\Common\Open Find\Places\StandardPlaces\[the option you want to disable] 2000 is version 9.0 (I think) XP is 10.0 Within each key for the defaults is a DWORD value called Show. To disable make it equal to 1. Now to create your own navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\[version]\Common\Open Find\Places\User Defined Places\ Create a key for each new place called Place1, Place2 etc Within each key you need the following values: String Values: Name '[something descriptive]' Path '[the path of the folder]' DWORD Value: SortAscending '1' Hope this works G P	Guest (0)
38719	2002-03-11 23:58:00	Sorry, the value in the show DWORD should be 0 to disable, not 1. Let me know if it works for you. G P	Guest (0)
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