If a program uses the Common Open dialog box, like Notepad, but not the Office 2000 applications, you can manage some of the behavior for Open and Save As.
You can cause the dialog box to behave like it did in Windows NT 4.0. To alter the behavior, use Regedt32 to navigate to:
HKEY_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
Select the Policies key and on the Edit menu, Add Key name Comdlg32, with a null Class. Select the Comdlg32 key and manage behavior by using Add Value on the Edit menu to set the data value of the following three (3) data type REG_DWORD value names:
NoFileMru - If missing or set to 0, the File name: box contains a dropdown list of recently used files.
If you set the data value to 1, the File name: box is a simple text box.
NoBackButton - If missing or set to 0, the Back button appears.
If you set the data value to 1, the Back button is removed.
NoPlacesBar - If missing or set to 0, the shortcut bar appears.
If you set the data value to 1, the shortcut bar is removed.If you
DO NOT configure
NoPlacesBar,
or set it to
0, you can control the five (5) shortcuts in the left-hand box. To do so,
select the
Comdlg32 key and on the
Edit Menu,
Add Key name
PlacesBar, with a blank class.
Add Value names
Place0, the first shortcut,
Place1, the 2nd shortcut,
Place2,
Place3, and
Place4. If you don't add any
Place<n> value names, the shortcut box is empty. For each
Place<n> value name,
you can set the data type to
REG_SZ or
REG_EXPAND_SZ, and enter the fully qualified path to the folder you wish the
Place<n> value name to open, such as C:\winnt for a data type
REG_SZ, or %SystemRoot%\System32 for a data type of
REG_EXPAND_SZ.
You can also use a predfined shortcut by setting the data type of any Place<n> value name to REG_DWORD, and entering one of the following, using the Hex Radix:
DESKTOP 00 <desktop> INTERNET 01 Internet Explorer (icon on desktop) PROGRAMS 02 Start Menu\Programs CONTROLS 03 My Computer\Control Panel PRINTERS 04 My Computer\Printers PERSONAL 05 My Documents FAVORITES 06 <user name>\Favorites STARTUP 07 Start Menu\Programs\Startup RECENT 08 <user name>\Recent SENDTO 09 <user name>\SendTo BITBUCKET 0a <desktop>\Recycle Bin STARTMENU 0b <user name>\Start Menu DESKTOPDIRECTORY 10 <user name>\Desktop DRIVES 11 My Computer NETWORK 12 Network Neighborhood NETHOOD 13 <user name>\nethood FONTS 14 windows\fonts TEMPLATES 15 COMMON_STARTMENU 16 All Users\Start Menu COMMON_PROGRAMS 17 All Users\Programs COMMON_STARTUP 18 All Users\Startup COMMON_DESKTOPDIRECTORY 19 All Users\Desktop APPDATA 1a <user name>\Application Data PRINTHOOD 1b <user name>\PrintHood LOCAL_APPDATA 1c <user name>\Local Settings\Applicaiton ata (non roaming) ALTSTARTUP 1d non localized startup COMMON_ALTSTARTUP 1e non localized common startup COMMON_FAVORITES 1f INTERNET_CACHE 20 COOKIES 21 HISTORY 22 COMMON_APPDATA 23 All Users\Application Data WINDOWS 24 GetWindowsDirectory() SYSTEM 25 GetSystemDirectory() PROGRAM_FILES 26 C:\Program Files MYPICTURES 27 C:\Program Files\My Pictures PROFILE 28 USERPROFILE SYSTEMX86 29 x86 system directory on RISC PROGRAM_FILESX86 2a x86 C:\Program Files on RISC PROGRAM_FILES_COMMON 2b C:\Program Files\Common PROGRAM_FILES_COMMONX86 2c x86 Program Files\Common on RISC COMMON_TEMPLATES 2d All Users\Templates COMMON_DOCUMENTS 2e All Users\Documents COMMON_ADMINTOOLS 2f All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools ADMINTOOLS 30 <user name>\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools CONNECTIONS 31 Network and Dial-up Connections
