Change Default File Location

[fredtorrey]

How do I change the default file location in FrontPage 2003? I believe the
default is My Webs. I want to make it point to a user account on the
network. The computers with frontpage will be shared, so this change needs
to be applyed to anyone who would happen to log on to it.
Thanks,
Torrey

 

[Steve Easton]

Change the default folder used by FrontPage© for saving / storing your webs.
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/index.htm
middle of the page.
Some info and a downloadable "tweak"

The tweak will only work if the user can "Browse" to and select the correct drive and
directory
when running the tweak installer.

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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
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[fredtorrey]

Thanks for the tweak.
I work for a school IT department, and I don't think its feasible to ask all
the students to run it everytime they log in. There has to be another way to
change the default directory - permanantly. Also, I searched google
extensively, and found very few references to this. I can't even find the
actual registry keys that are to be modified. It appears that the original
site that hosted this tweak no longer exists.
By the way, I like the 95isalive site. We still have a few computers on the
network that run 95... much easier to administrate, not all confusing like
these new XP machines...
Torrey

 

[Steve Easton]

It does change it permanently.
It changes The registry entry for the value DefaultWebName here:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\FrontPage\Explorer\FrontPage Explorer\Settings

That's why they have to be able to browse to the correct drive and folder, and when it's selected
the registry entry is changed.



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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
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[Lorraine]

I am also a network manager in a school and I am having the same problem. I
have tried setting the registry key to another drive but it does not work,
any suggestions.