word startup folder

[geobentcpht]

hello,

does anyone know where the "word startup folder " is?

thanks

george

 

[Jay Freedman]

By default, it's

C:\Documents and Settings\<your name>\
Application Data\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP

although that can be changed in the Options > File Locations dialog.

Because the Application Data folder is a hidden folder, you need to
open Windows Explorer, click Tools > Folder Options > View, and select
the "Show hidden files and folders" option in order to see that
folder.

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[olley]

By default, it's
C:\Documents and Settings\<your name>\
Application Data\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP

Yep. This is "per user" startup. Note that "STARTUP" can be localized for
different languages. I saw a link explainng that
http://www.apluscounts.com/WORD_StartupFolder.html
I can confirm that on some machines our clients have Autostart instead of
Startup Unfortunately I could not find official text from Microsoft where
they would give a complete list of possible localizations of STARTUP

Besides that, there is also a default global startup folder:
%Program Files%\Microsoft Office\Office<VERSION>\Startup
VERSION is the MS Office version numeber Office 2003 - 11, Office 2007 - 12,
etc.

That would apply to all users of this particular computer.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Yep. This is "per user" startup. Note that "STARTUP" can be localized for
different languages. I saw a link explainng that
http://www.apluscounts.com/WORD_StartupFolder.html
I can confirm that on some machines our clients have Autostart instead of
Startup Unfortunately I could not find official text from Microsoft where
they would give a complete list of possible localizations of STARTUP

Besides that, there is also a default global startup folder:
%Program Files%\Microsoft Office\Office<VERSION>\Startup
VERSION is the MS Office version numeber Office 2003 - 11, Office 2007 - 12,
etc.

That would apply to all users of this particular computer.

There's an important difference between the "per user" Startup folder
under Documents and Settings and the "per machine" Startup folder
under Program Files for Word versions up to and including Word 2003:

When you go to the macro security settings dialog and tell Word to
"trust all installed add-ins and templates", the word "installed"
means "stored in the Templates folder or the Startup folder under
Documents and Settings". It does _not_ include templates stored in the
Startup folder under Program Files. (See
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/WhatTemplatesStore.htm.)

Some software publishers don't realize this, and their installers put
their add-ins in the Program Files location. Then users wonder why
they get macro security warnings every time Word starts. :-(

In Word 2007 the Startup folder under Program Files has finally been
added to the default list of trusted locations, so this is no longer a
problem.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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