Customize the [save] dialog box
Customize dialog box "
Save" or "
Save as ..." Windows (XP or 2000);
More precisely, it is to customize the left column, containing the default shortcuts (icons) "
My Recent Documents", "
Office", "
My Documents", "
My Computer" and "
My Network".
Solution 1 ( using a software)
Microsoft TweakUI:
http://en.kioskea.net/telecharger/telecharger 1405 microsoft tweakui
Go to Section "
Common Dialogs"> "
Places Bar"
Solution 2 (manual method)
- First, as it will modify the registry of Windows, it is recommended to take proper precautions.(save the registry, make a backup)
- Then open the registry editor, if not already done so. Go to Start, Run, then type regedit and click OK.
- Navigate in the tree (left column of the Registry Editor), up to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
- Right click on Policies and click New, and then click Key.
- Enter the name of the new key: Comdlg32 and validate by [Enter].
- Right click on Comdlg32, and then click New, and Key.
- Enter the name of the new key: PlacesBar.
At this point, if you open a dialog box "
Save" or "
Save as ..." (in an application using the standard dialog boxes of Windows), you should see the shortcut in question had disappeared.
- Right click on PlacesBar, and then click New, then:
o To create a shortcut to a "
personal" folder (ie any file that is not a standard Windows folder), click
String Value.
- Enter the name of the new value: Place
0
(zero) and validate by [Enter].
- Click Place
0
, then Edit, and enter the path to the folder that you want to create the first shortcut (the one that is most at the top).
- Validate by OK.
- On the contrary, to create a shortcut to a standard Windows folder ( "My Computer", "My Documents", "My Recent Documents "...), click
DWORD Value
.
- Enter the name of the new value: Place
0
(zero) and validate by [Enter].
- Click Place
0
, then Edit, and enter the number (code) corresponding to the standard Windows folder to which you want to create the first shortcut.
- Validate by OK.
- Repeat step 7, replacing Place0 by Place1 then Place2, etc..
There is room for
5 icons .