Tweak Library – Add an item User Defined Places in MS Office 2000

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Add an item User Defined Places in MS Office 2000

This setting lets you add folders to the places bar in MS Office.

Tweak for : Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista

Description:

The places bar is the left pane in the Save As dialog box, for example, where you will find icons, which you get on desktop.This setting lets you add folders to the places bar in MS Office.

If you use this setting, you can just enter the name and path of the folder that should be added to places bar.

The N stands for a positive integer number in the key Place(1..N).

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. If any of the subkeys “Place(1…n)” is not present, create it as explained below. Then, create string values “Name” and “Path”, if these values do not exist.

Now, right-click and modify the values for each key that you can add your own folders to places bar. However, if you want to get back to the original state, delete the keys.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common\Open Find\Places\UserDefinedPlaces]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

Place(1…n)

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 2 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common\Open Find\Places\UserDefinedPlaces]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

Name

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

set the place name that you want to show in Place Bars.

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 3 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common\Open Find\Places\UserDefinedPlaces]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

Path

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

full path that you want to open when clicking on Place Bar

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

The "User Folder" option is visible in the "Places Bar" after the changes.

The "User Folder" option is not visible in the "Places Bar".

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Second, go to the [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common\Open Find\Places\UserDefinedPlaces] key, right-click and click on "Nwe > Key" to create a new key with the name "Places1".

Third, right-click on the blank area in the right pane and click on "New > String Value" to create a new String value with the name "Name".

Fourth, right-click on the 'Name' String value and click on "Modify".

Fifth, enter the user-defined name in the text box and click on 'OK'.

Sixth, right-click on the blank area in the right pane and click on "Nwe > String Value" to create a new String value with the name "Path".

Seventh, right-click on the 'Path' String value and click on "Modify".

Finally, enter the user-defined path in the text box and click on 'OK'.