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How can I edit the default Places bar quick links in Windows XP's and Windows 2000's Open and Save common dialog boxes?
John Savill
April 15, 2002
2 Min Read
A. You can modify the five default quick links in the Open and Save common dialog boxes by performing the following steps:
Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
Navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciescomdlg32 subkey. (If this subkey doesn't exist, select New, Key from the Edit menu to create it.)
From the Edit menu, select New, Key.
Enter a name of Placesbar and press Enter.
Navigate to the new registry subkey. You can create five entries (Place0, Place1, Place2, Place3, and Place4). Make each entry either a string value (REG_SZ) entry (for a named folder) or a DWORD value (REG_DWORD) entry (for a special folder, such as My Documents or My Network Places).
To create a new entry, go to the Edit menu, select New, DWORD Value or New, String Value (as appropriate), enter a name of Placen (e.g., Place0, Place4), and press Enter.
Double-click the entry and set its REG_SZ "Value data" to a path and folder name or its REG_DWORD "Value data" to a numeric ID (the table below shows a partial list of these numeric IDs--the shlobj.h file, which is part of the platform software development kit (SDK), defines the full list of special numeric IDs).
Close the registry editor.
For example, the registry file below sets shortcuts to My Documents, the CD burning folder, and three named folders.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion Policiescomdlg32Placesbar] "Place0"=dword:00000005 "Place1"=dword:0000003b "Place2"="d:\temp" "Place3"="d:\documents" "Place4"="g:\windows" This change will not affect applications within the Microsoft Office suite but will affect applications, such as Notepad and Paint, that use the Open and Save common dialog boxes. Each new entry you add will replace one of the default quick links.
0 | Desktop |
1 | Internet Explorer |
2 | Start MenuPrograms |
3 | My ComputerControl Panel |
4 | My ComputerPrinters |
5 | My Documents |
6 | Favorites |
7 | Start MenuProgramsStartup |
8 | Recent |
9 | SendTo |
a | Recycle Bin |
b | Start Menu |
c | logical "My Documents" desktop icon |
d | "My Music" folder |
e | "My Videos" folder |
10 | Desktop |
11 | My Computer |
12 | Network Neighborhood (My Network Places) |
13 | ethood |
14 | WindowsFonts |
16 | All UsersStart Menu |
17 | All UsersStart MenuPrograms |
18 | All UsersStartup |
19 | All UsersDesktop |
1a | Application Data |
1b | PrintHood |
1c | Local SettingsApplicaiton Data (nonroaming)0x001d // nonlocalized startup |
1e | Nonlocalized common startup |
1f | Common favorites |
20 | Internet Cache |
21 | Cookies |
22 | History |
23 | All UsersApplication Data |
24 | GetWindowsDirectory() |
25 | GetSystemDirectory() |
26 | C:Program Files |
27 | C:Program FilesMy Pictures |
28 | USERPROFILE |
29 | x86 system directory on RISC |
2a | x86 C:Program Files on RISC |
2b | C:Program FilesCommon |
2c | x86 Program FilesCommon on RISC |
2d | All UsersTemplates |
2e | All UsersDocuments |
2f | All UsersStart MenuProgramsAdministrative Tools |
30 | Start MenuProgramsAdministrative Tools |
31 | Network and Dial-up Connections |
35 | All UsersMy Music |
36 | All UsersMy Pictures |
37 | All UsersMy Video |
38 | Resource Directory |
39 | Localized Resource Directory |
3a | Links to All Users OEM specific apps |
3b | USERPROFILELocal SettingsApplication DataMicrosoftCD Burning |
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