Default Folder Targets for 'Save As' Command

[Guest Wittgenstein''s Rabbit]

How can I set up different Default Folder Targets for the 'Save As' Command

when I want to save certain types of files, e.g. .doc files to one Folder,

..xls files to another folder, .jpg to another folder, and/or having a set of

numerals or letters at the beginning or end of the file name to get 'Save As'

to go to a particular Folder.

 

It is annoying and time consuming to have to search through different

Drives, Folders and Sub-Folders when 'Save As' ing a lot of new files.

 

Much appreciated if anyone can help.

 

Regards, W R

[Guest Gord Dibben]

Re: Default Folder Targets for 'Save As' Command

 

Application-dependent AFAIK.

 

For Word docs and Excel files add some commonly-used folders to the "My Places"

toolbar for easy access.

 

 

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

On Mon, 9 Jun 2008 00:35:01 -0700, Wittgenstein''s Rabbit

<WittgensteinsRabbit@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>How can I set up different Default Folder Targets for the 'Save As' Command

>when I want to save certain types of files, e.g. .doc files to one Folder,

>.xls files to another folder, .jpg to another folder, and/or having a set of

>numerals or letters at the beginning or end of the file name to get 'Save As'

>to go to a particular Folder.

>

>It is annoying and time consuming to have to search through different

>Drives, Folders and Sub-Folders when 'Save As' ing a lot of new files.

>

>Much appreciated if anyone can help.

>

>Regards, W R

[Guest ju.c]

Re: Default Folder Targets for 'Save As' Command

 

This is how:

 

Delete all of the subkeys under this key:

 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32]

 

Open a file type you want to save an Open or Save-As location for. In my example below I opened Notepad and selected File>>Save-As. Navigate to the location you would like as default for the file type, mine being .txt @ C:\Download, give it a name and save it. Repeat for any other types you want to save, such as .doc, or .rtf, or .mp3, etc. Now open the Registry to:

 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32]

 

and export it. Where you save the file will become the default save-as location for .reg file types. To restore your new defaults you need to first delete any entries that exist, so add this line to the top (just below "Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00") of your saved reg file:

 

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32]

 

 

My reg file, for example:

-----------------------------------------------------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

 

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32]

 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32]

 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32\LastVisitedMRU]

"a"=hex:6e,00,6f,00,74,00,65,00,70,00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,00,\

00,43,00,3a,00,5c,00,44,00,6f,00,77,00,6e,00,6c,00,6f,00,61,00,64,00,00,00

"MRUList"="ba"

"b"=hex:52,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,64,00,69,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,00,\

00,43,00,3a,00,5c,00,44,00,6f,00,63,00,75,00,6d,00,65,00,6e,00,74,00,73,00,\

20,00,61,00,6e,00,64,00,20,00,53,00,65,00,74,00,74,00,69,00,6e,00,67,00,73,\

00,5c,00,54,00,72,00,6f,00,79,00,20,00,4e,00,65,00,77,00,74,00,6f,00,6e,00,\

5c,00,44,00,65,00,73,00,6b,00,74,00,6f,00,70,00,00,00

 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32\OpenSaveMRU]

 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32\OpenSaveMRU\*]

"a"="C:\\Download\\SaveAs-TXT.txt"

"MRUList"="ba"

"b"="C:\\Documents and Settings\\Troy Newton\\Desktop\\Save-As.reg"

 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32\OpenSaveMRU\reg]

"a"="C:\\Documents and Settings\\Troy Newton\\Desktop\\Save-As.reg"

"MRUList"="a"

 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32\OpenSaveMRU\txt]

"a"="C:\\Download\\SaveAs-TXT.txt"

"MRUList"="a"

-----------------------------------------------------

 

To test, open a text file and select File>>Save-As>>

 

 

ju.c

 

 

"Wittgenstein''s Rabbit" <WittgensteinsRabbit@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4E9BA482-B800-4062-9EBC-C5CA5D52FB7B@microsoft.com...

> How can I set up different Default Folder Targets for the 'Save As' Command

> when I want to save certain types of files, e.g. .doc files to one Folder,

> .xls files to another folder, .jpg to another folder, and/or having a set of

> numerals or letters at the beginning or end of the file name to get 'Save As'

> to go to a particular Folder.

>

> It is annoying and time consuming to have to search through different

> Drives, Folders and Sub-Folders when 'Save As' ing a lot of new files.

>

> Much appreciated if anyone can help.

>

> Regards, W R