Win XP/2003 dialog box also needs DIY

An occasional opportunity, I found that our common public dialog box can also be customized. For example, when we use the application such as Office, Notepad, Windows Media Player, etc., when clicking the "File → Open" or "File → Save As" command, there are 5 quick positioning buttons on the left side of the pop-up window, which can make the user convenient and quick. Locate the folder you want to open or want to save to. In fact, this dialog is for most users, and some are not for you: if you don't have Internet access, then the "My Network Places" button will have no effect on you. Fortunately, we can define these quick positioning buttons ourselves. In Windows XP/2003, we can take advantage of the powerful features of Group Policy!

Step 1 In Windows XP/2003, click “Start→Run”, enter “gpedit.msc” in the pop-up dialog box, and press “Enter” to open the “Group Policy” editor.

Step 2 In the "Group Policy" editor window, click "User Configuration → Administrative Templates → Windows Components → Windows Explorer → General Open File Dialog", at this time in the right window You can see a "Items displayed in the location bar" option, as shown in Figure 1.

Step 3 Double-click this option to bring up the Properties dialog box. As shown in Figure 2, under the Settings tab, select the radio button in front of the Enabled item to see the displayed location. The text boxes following "Project 1", "Project 2", etc. have been activated. These 5 items represent the list of items displayed from top to bottom in the "Location Bar".

Step 4 In the text box behind these five items, enter the folder you frequently visit or the drive letter path, you can DIY the button on the public dialog box. Note: The content entered here must conform to certain rules, otherwise the quick positioning button will become an empty link and will not allow you to quickly locate. The input can be: (1) a shortcut to a local folder (eg, C:/Windows); (2) a shortcut to a remote folder (such as /server/share, which for those who frequently share files over a local area network) (3) Common shell folders, such as Common Documents, Common Music, Common Pictures, Desktop, My Computer, My Documents, My Favorites, My Music, My NetworkPlaces, My Pictures, Printers, Program Files , Recent. After

Step 5 is set up, click the "Apply" button to close the "Properties" window. Ok, no need to restart the system, the settings will take effect, open a dialog box to try it out, see if this is more convenient.

Tip: Careful friends may have noticed that in addition to the "Items displayed in the location bar" option in the window on the right side of Figure 1, there are three options. What are they useful for? Double-click "Hide the location bar of the public dialog box", and then select "Enabled" to hide the display of 5 items in the dialog box; double-click "Have back in the common dialog box" and then select "Enabled". You can hide the "Up one level" button in the dialog box; double-click "Hide recently accessed folders" and then select "Enabled" to hide the "Recently accessed folders" drop-down list box in the dialog box. In addition, if one day you want the dialog to change back to the original default settings, you can directly select the radio button before "Disabled" or "Not Configured" in Figure 2, and then click the "OK" button.

In fact, not only in Windows XP/2003, we can also DIY public dialogs in Windows 98.