I’ve been looking for this hack for quite sometime, its just that now I decided to end my search. I hope this post may help others who are looking for the same explorer modification.
It is always frustrating when you want to save an image or a document to a certain folder using the save dialog box when you have to navigate through various different folders. I usually save my photos to the My Photos default folder, some I save to the Tambayan image folder, and some at the Eternal image folder. Stuff that I downloaded are save initially at the My Received Files folder. I’m an organized freak when it comes to naming files and organizing folders on Windows explorer. It is because I always want to find something quickly.
So here it is, the hack to change/modify the default shortcuts that you can see at the “save as” and “open” dialog box. I just did a quick rundown of the steps. But if you are too n00b to follow my instructions, you can view a step-by-step instructions at simplehelp.net.
- At the START menu open the RUN box then type gpedit.msc then click Ok.
- GROUP POLICY will open, then navigate to this folder. User Configuration – Administrative Templates – Windows Components – Windows Explorer – Common Open File Dialog. Once there, double click Items Displayed in Places Bar located on the right panel.
- At the properties box, select Enable then add the folders you like to create shortcut to. Remember to input the full path to the folder.
- Hit Apply, then Ok to finish modifying.
At the screenshot above you may notice I used MyDocuments, MyPictures, MyMusic as a path to the folder. It is a “shell folder” for Windows explorer, and it knows where that folder is located in respect to the current user (for multiple users) that is logged in.
If you click on the Explain tab, it will show up this text.
Configures the list of items displayed in the Places Bar in the Windows File/Open dialog. If enable this setting you can specify from 1 to 5 items to be displayed in the Places Bar.
The valid items you may display in the Places Bar are:
1) Shortcuts to a local folders — (ex. C:\Windows)
2) Shortcuts to remote folders — (\\server\share)
3) Common Shell folders.The list of Common Shell Folders that may be specified:
CommonDocuments, CommonMusic, CommonPictures, Desktop, MyComputer, MyDocuments, MyFavorites, MyMusic, MyNetworkPlaces, MyPictures, Printers, ProgramFiles, Recent.If you disable or do not configure this setting the default list of items will be displayed in the Places Bar.
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