"PlacesBar" modification doesn't work with Office apps

[Mike Mize]

I've just noticed that the custom PlacesBar I use works for all
applications except the Office Suite. I've tried changing it with gpedit as
well as manually changing the registry, but all of my Office apps seem to
ignore the places I've set up. How do I get Office Apps to use the same
PlacesBar that the rest of the programs on the system use?

Mike Mize
California State University, Fresno

 

[Gary Smith]

I've just noticed that the custom PlacesBar I use works for all
applications except the Office Suite. I've tried changing it with gpedit as
well as manually changing the registry, but all of my Office apps seem to
ignore the places I've set up. How do I get Office Apps to use the same
PlacesBar that the rest of the programs on the system use?

You can't. Office programs don't use the Windows open dialog and there's
no way to make them do so. There are ways to modify the Office places
bar, but they're dependent on the version in use, which you didn't
mention.

 

[Mike Mize]

You can't. Office programs don't use the Windows open dialog and there's
no way to make them do so. There are ways to modify the Office places
bar, but they're dependent on the version in use, which you didn't
mention.

Thanks, this is what I suspected. We are using Office2003. Would this
be under "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\Open Find\Places"? I
notice there are "StandardPlaces" and "UserDefinedPlaces".

Mike Mize
California State University, Fresno

 

[Gary Smith]

Thanks, this is what I suspected. We are using Office2003. Would this
be under "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\Open Find\Places"? I
notice there are "StandardPlaces" and "UserDefinedPlaces".

Thta's the place. You can make any of the standard places disappear by
added a value named Hide of type RegSZ with value 1 to the key. A
user-defined place might look like this:

(Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
Index REG_DWORD 0x00000000 (0)
Name REG_SZ D Drive
Path REG_SZ D:\
SortAscending REG_DWORD 0x00000001 (1)

I configured mine via a custom add-in, so I'm not clear on all of the
details. I believe it may be possible to have more than 5 places showing.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

You can use the information on this page for additional assistance:
http://www.poremsky.com/p/places_bar.htm

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Gary Smith asked:

||| You can't. Office programs don't use the Windows open dialog and
||| there's no way to make them do so. There are ways to modify the
||| Office places bar, but they're dependent on the version in use,
||| which you didn't mention.
|
|| Thanks, this is what I suspected. We are using Office2003.
|| Would this be under "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\Open
|| Find\Places"? I notice there are "StandardPlaces" and
|| "UserDefinedPlaces".
|
| Thta's the place. You can make any of the standard places disappear
| by added a value named Hide of type RegSZ with value 1 to the key. A
| user-defined place might look like this:
|
| (Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
| Index REG_DWORD 0x00000000 (0)
| Name REG_SZ D Drive
| Path REG_SZ D:\
| SortAscending REG_DWORD 0x00000001 (1)
|
| I configured mine via a custom add-in, so I'm not clear on all of the
| details. I believe it may be possible to have more than 5 places
| showing.

 

[Mike Mize]

Thank you both!

Mike