File Open Screen Options

When I open Word, I am able to configure the Open File screen to add various
folders on the left-hand side. Is there a way to do that in other programs?
For instance, if I am in Quicken and I click on Open File, while I do get
the larger part of the screen displaying all of my Quicken files, the side
bar (on the left) only has My Recent Documents, Desktop, My Documents, My
Computer, and My Network Places. The same is true for some of the othe
programs I use. I would like to be able to configure the side bar to include
other folders that are used more frequently than 5 that are listed.

Edit the Places bar locations in Open Save As common dialog boxes
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/PlacesBar.htm

For Office, there are more options, depending on the Office version.
e.g.
How to customize the My Places bar- Open- Save As dialog boxes in
Office 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=826214
How to customize the Places Bar in Office 2000:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/205041

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.com/index.htm



On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:28:52 -0700, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, "Jan" <jan@greenwaldlaw.org>
wrote:

>When I open Word, I am able to configure the Open File screen to add various
>folders on the left-hand side. Is there a way to do that in other programs?
>For instance, if I am in Quicken and I click on Open File, while I do get
>the larger part of the screen displaying all of my Quicken files, the side
>bar (on the left) only has My Recent Documents, Desktop, My Documents, My
>Computer, and My Network Places. The same is true for some of the othe
>programs I use. I would like to be able to configure the side bar to include
>other folders that are used more frequently than 5 that are listed.
>

Thanks Alan. I'll check it out.



"Alan Edwards" <edwards@southcom.com.au> wrote in message
news:870ab4tj46gd8d77t359dl1o7m2kb0gbfj@4ax.com...
> Edit the Places bar locations in Open Save As common dialog boxes
> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/PlacesBar.htm
>
> For Office, there are more options, depending on the Office version.
> e.g.
> How to customize the My Places bar- Open- Save As dialog boxes in
> Office 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=826214
> How to customize the Places Bar in Office 2000:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/205041
>
> ...Alan
> --
> Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
> http://dts-l.com/index.htm
>
>
>
> On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:28:52 -0700, in
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, "Jan" <jan@greenwaldlaw.org>
> wrote:
>
>>When I open Word, I am able to configure the Open File screen to add
>>various
>>folders on the left-hand side. Is there a way to do that in other
>>programs?
>>For instance, if I am in Quicken and I click on Open File, while I do get
>>the larger part of the screen displaying all of my Quicken files, the side
>>bar (on the left) only has My Recent Documents, Desktop, My Documents, My
>>Computer, and My Network Places. The same is true for some of the othe
>>programs I use. I would like to be able to configure the side bar to
>>include
>>other folders that are used more frequently than 5 that are listed.
>>