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  Microsoft Windows Forums  Other Windows V...  Windows XP  Customize the open dialog box.
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New Post 3/11/2007 5:21 PM
User is offline Siddharth Maheshwari
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Customize the open dialog box. 

Hello friends,

This trick must be known to many of you but still it may help other.

In this tutorial I will tell u how to customize the open dialog box side icons through registry.

Before starting take a look at my open dialog box before modification:-

http://www.geocities.com/siddharth_bhoot/open/1.JPG">

a>Click on start button.
b>Click on run.
c>Type regedit (Inbuilt registryeditor of windows)
d>Navigate to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies]
e> Create a new key called "ComDlg32".
f>Select the key made and create a new key called "Placesbar".
g>After creating the key all the icons in the open dialog box will disappear.

U will get the following look

http://www.geocities.com/siddharth_bhoot/open/2.JPG">

h>In the key "placesbar" create a new string value called "Place0" .
i>Edit it and type the path of the folder or drive u want.
j>U can have upto 5 icons in the open dialog box (i.e till place4)

After this u will get the following look:-

http://www.geocities.com/siddharth_bhoot/open/3.JPG">

Thats all

If you dont want to do these tactics then here is a readymade registry file by Vishal bro

 

Just replace values of "Place0", "Place1", "Place2", "Place3", "Place4" to ur desired locations

If you have ny doubts then ask

 

ANd one thing,the control box is very bad ,nothing works ,nor the images nor the tables nothing.I had to do everything through html.


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New Post 3/11/2007 9:29 PM
User is offline defender
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Re: Customize the open dialog box. 

Good Work!

  • This is very useful Tip. Rather than using 3rd party s/w, editing Reg., entries is <*>.
  • NOTE that changing Registry Entries at your own risk. Before doing this, Backup your entire registry...

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New Post 3/12/2007 10:02 PM
User is offline Siddharth Maheshwari
181 posts
www.technoworld.uni.cc
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Re: Customize the open dialog box. 
 defender wrote

Good Work!

  • This is very useful Tip. Rather than using 3rd party s/w, editing Reg., entries is <*>.
  • NOTE that changing Registry Entries at your own risk. Before doing this, Backup your entire registry...
Thanks deffender.

Friends plz reply


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New Post 3/13/2007 2:44 PM
User is offline Vishal Gupta
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Re: Customize the open dialog box. 
Nice.

Tweaking with Vishal

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New Post 3/13/2007 4:22 PM
User is offline Siddharth Maheshwari
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Re: Customize the open dialog box. 

 Vishal Gupta wrote
Nice.

Thanks


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