Microsoft KB Archive/282087

= How to customize the My Places bar in the &quot;Open&quot; and &quot;Save As&quot; dialog boxes in Office XP programs =

Article ID: 282087

Article Last Modified on 10/2/2004

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 * Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Publisher 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q282087



IN THIS TASK

 * SUMMARY
 * How to Add Items to the &quot;My Places&quot; Bar
 * How to Remove Items from the &quot;My Places&quot; Bar
 * How to Rename Items on the &quot;My Places&quot; Bar
 * How to Rearrange Items on the &quot;My Places&quot; Bar
 * How to Change the Size of Icons on the &quot;My Places&quot; Bar
 * How to Edit the Registry to Hide Desktop Items
 * Registry Entry Reference

IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry



SUMMARY
This article describes how to customize the My Places bar in Microsoft Office XP. The My Places bar appears in the left pane of the Open and Save As dialog boxes in Office XP programs.

The following customizations are available for the My Places bar.

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How to Add Items to the &quot;My Places&quot; Bar
To add an item to the My Places bar, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the File menu in any Office XP program, click Open.
 * 2) In the Open dialog box, select the item that you want to add in the contents pane.

Example: In the Look in list, click My Documents. In the contents pane, click My Pictures.
 * 1) Click Tools, and then click Add to &quot;My Places&quot;.

NOTE: You can add up to 256 items to the My Places bar.

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How to Remove Items from the &quot;My Places&quot; Bar
To remove an item from the My Places bar, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the File menu in any Office XP program, click Open.
 * 2) On the My Places bar, right-click the item that you want to remove, and then click Remove.

NOTE: The following default items that appear on the My Places bar cannot be removed. However, these items can be hidden from the My Places bar. For an example of how to hide a Standard place, see the &quot;Registry Entries&quot; section of this article.

History

My Documents

Desktop

Favorites

My Network Places

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How to Rename Items on the &quot;My Places&quot; Bar
To rename an item on the My Places bar, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the File menu in any Office XP program, click Open.
 * 2) On the My Places bar, right-click the item that you want, and then click Rename.
 * 3) In the Rename Place dialog box, type the name that you want, and then click OK.

NOTE: The following default items that appear on the My Places bar cannot be renamed:

History

My Documents

Desktop

Favorites

My Network Places

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How to Rearrange Items on the &quot;My Places&quot; Bar
To rearrange items on the My Places bar, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the File menu in any Office XP program, click Open.
 * 2) On the My Places bar, right-click the item that you want to move, and then click Move Up or Move Down.

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How to Change the Size of Icons on the &quot;My Places&quot; Bar
To change the size of the icon for an item on the My Places bar, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the File menu in any Office XP program, click Open.
 * 2) Right-click a blank area of the My Places bar, and then click Small Icons or Large Icons.

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How to Edit the Registry to Hide Desktop Items
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

You can also hide default icons on the My Places bar by modifying the system registry.

NOTE: At least one icon always appears on the My Places bar. If you try to remove all default icons on the My Places bar, the Desktop icon will remain. If you add one custom icon, you see it instead of the Desktop icon.

To hide the Desktop item on the My Places bar, follow these steps:  Quit all Office XP programs. Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK. Expand the following subkey:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Common\Open Find\Places\StandardPlaces

 On the Registry menu, click Export Registry File. In the Export Registry File dialog box, type Export to Office XP in the File name box, and then click Save. Click Desktop.</li> On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.</li> In the New Value#1 box, type Show, and then press ENTER.</li> Right-click Show, and then click Modify.</li> In the Edit DWORD Value dialog box, type 0 in the Value data box, and then click OK.</li> Quit Registry Editor.</li></ol>

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Registry Entry Reference
Entries on the My Places bar are contained in the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Common\Open Find\Places

The Places key contains the following two subkeys: StandardPlaces and UserDefinedPlaces. These subkeys contain the following keys: <ul> StandardPlaces. This subkey contains five keys that correspond to the five default items that appear on the My Places bar.

<pre class="fixed_text">KEY NAME       MY PLACES ITEM

Desktop        Desktop Favorites      Favorites MyDocuments    My Documents Publishing     My Network Places Recent         History

</li> UserDefinedPlaces. This subkey contains keys that correspond to items added to the My Places bar.

Example:

<pre class="fixed_text">KEY NAME       MY PLACES ITEM

Place0         firstplaceadded Place1         secondplaceadded Place2         thirdplaceadded

</li></ul>

The following values can be used for keys contained in the StandardPlaces key and the UserDefinedPlaces key:

<pre class="fixed_text">NAME         TYPE        DATA OPTIONS

View         DWORD       {1=List, 2=Details, 3=Summary, 4=Preview} ArrangeBy    DWORD       {1=Name, 2=Type, 3=Size, 4=Date} SortAscending DWORD      Boolean to sort ascending/descending Index        DWORD       Relative position on the My Places bar Show         DWORD       Zero to hide a Standard place

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