How to "Jump" to a Specific Directory When Saving

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inobugs

I recently needed to reinstall my operating system. It was before and
is now Windows XP. I have created folder shortcuts so that when I save
I can "jump" to a folder deeper within my directory structure that I
use often. I had several of these shortcuts and they worked
splendidly. Now that I have reinstalled Windows XP, I can jump to the
desired directories using the shortcuts while exploring, but when I
try to do so while saving the folder shortcuts do not appear. How can
I use folder shortcuts to "jump" to specific folders within my
directory structure while saving? Thanks.
Dan
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

I'm assuming you're referring to the Places Bar in Office. What version of
Office/Word do you have? Places should appear in both Open and Save dialogs,
but note that these two dialogs can be independently sized. If you have one
sized larger than the other, and especially if you have not switched from
Large to Small Icons, it may just be that some of the Places shortcuts are
not being displayed. Do you have an arrow at the bottom of the Places Bar?
 
I

inobugs

I'm assuming you're referring to the Places Bar in Office. What version of
Office/Word do you have? Places should appear in both Open and Save dialogs,
but note that these two dialogs can be independently sized. If you have one
sized larger than the other, and especially if you have not switched from
Large to Small Icons, it may just be that some of the Places shortcuts are
not being displayed. Do you have an arrow at the bottom of the Places Bar?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

I have Microsoft Office Windows 2003. I am not referring to the
"Places Bar". I want to be able to open a file that has several file
folder shortcuts and from there "jump to" the directory the shortcut
points to. The problem occurs for any program, not just Microsoft
Office. I suspect it has to to with the console opened by the
"gpedit.msc". Basically, before I had Windows XP installed I could
"Save As" and open a sub-directory of My Documents that had a series
of file folder shortcuts in it that would permit me to "jump" to the
directory I wanted to save the document in because I had so arranged
this special sub-directory of My documents. Now. whenever I try to
save any document of any program, the file folder shortcuts do not
appear. When I open the files to "explore" them the file folder
shortcuts are there and I am able to "jump" to them. This is helpful
when opening a document buried deeply within my file structuire, but
useless when trying to save a file because the file folder shortcuts
are invisible. How can I make the file folder shortcuts appear when I
am saving? Thanks.
Dan
 
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Jay Freedman

I have Microsoft Office Windows 2003. I am not referring to the
"Places Bar". I want to be able to open a file that has several file
folder shortcuts and from there "jump to" the directory the shortcut
points to. The problem occurs for any program, not just Microsoft
Office. I suspect it has to to with the console opened by the
"gpedit.msc". Basically, before I had Windows XP installed I could
"Save As" and open a sub-directory of My Documents that had a series
of file folder shortcuts in it that would permit me to "jump" to the
directory I wanted to save the document in because I had so arranged
this special sub-directory of My documents. Now. whenever I try to
save any document of any program, the file folder shortcuts do not
appear. When I open the files to "explore" them the file folder
shortcuts are there and I am able to "jump" to them. This is helpful
when opening a document buried deeply within my file structuire, but
useless when trying to save a file because the file folder shortcuts
are invisible. How can I make the file folder shortcuts appear when I
am saving? Thanks.
Dan

Hi Dan,

Look at the "Files of type" dropdown at the bottom of the dialog. That setting
filters the kinds of files that are shown in the list. While the list always
contains real subfolders under the current folder, shortcuts are really .lnk
files and not folders.

The only "Files of type" setting that allows .lnk files to appear in the list is
"All files (*.*)".

When the list is sorted by name, the links appear alphabetically among the
files, not among the folders at the top of the list. When the list (in Details
view) is sorted by Type, they appear with a type of "Shortcut".
 
I

inobugs

Hi Dan,

Look at the "Files of type" dropdown at the bottom of the dialog. That setting
filters the kinds of files that are shown in the list. While the list always
contains real subfolders under the current folder, shortcuts are really .lnk
files and not folders.

The only "Files of type" setting that allows .lnk files to appear in the list is
"All files (*.*)".

When the list is sorted by name, the links appear alphabetically among the
files, not among the folders at the top of the list. When the list (in Details
view) is sorted by Type, they appear with a type of "Shortcut".

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP        FAQ:http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroupso all may benefit.

Jay,
Thanks for the help. If I understand you correctly, there are a couple
of problems. First when using Microsoft Word (or any other program)
and "saving as", I always used to see those *.lnk files because that
is all that is in my "JumpTo!" directory. When I save a Microsoft Word
document, the "File-Save As..." provides a dialog box with the option
at the bottom to "Save as type:". Before I reinstalled the links
always were there even though they are really not files; they did
appear and direct me to the folders they "point" at. Now, not only do
they not appear, but there is no "All files (*.*)" option in the
Microsoft Word list of options. Something has to be askew that these
links do not even appear because before re-installation of Windows XP,
they were always there. If the dialog box "Save as type:" at the
bottom of the save as window is not what you are talking about perhaps
I do not understand. I would still like some help on this as I use
this "JumpTo!" save option frequently. Thanks.
Dan
 
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F. Edwin Felty

In inobugs <[email protected]> typed:
|||| I'm assuming you're referring to the Places Bar in Office. What
|||| version of Office/Word do you have? Places should appear in both Open
|||| and Save dialogs, but note that these two dialogs can be independently
|||| sized. If you have one sized larger than the other, and especially if
|||| you have not switched from Large to Small Icons, it may just be that
|||| some of the Places shortcuts are not being displayed. Do you have an
|||| arrow at the bottom of the Places Bar?
||
|||| --
|||| Suzanne S. Barnhill
|||| Microsoft MVP (Word)
|||| Words into Type
|||| Fairhope, Alabama USA
||
||
||||
||
||||| I recently needed to reinstall my operating system. It was before and
||||| is now Windows XP. I have created folder shortcuts so that when I save
||||| I can "jump" to a folder deeper within my directory structure that I
||||| use often. I had several of these shortcuts and they worked
||||| splendidly. Now that I have reinstalled Windows XP, I can jump to the
||||| desired directories using the shortcuts while exploring, but when I
||||| try to do so while saving the folder shortcuts do not appear. How can
||||| I use folder shortcuts to "jump" to specific folders within my
||||| directory structure while saving? Thanks.
||||| Dan
||
||| I have Microsoft Office Windows 2003. I am not referring to the
||| "Places Bar". I want to be able to open a file that has several file
||| folder shortcuts and from there "jump to" the directory the shortcut
||| points to. The problem occurs for any program, not just Microsoft
||| Office. I suspect it has to to with the console opened by the
||| "gpedit.msc". Basically, before I had Windows XP installed I could
||| "Save As" and open a sub-directory of My Documents that had a series
||| of file folder shortcuts in it that would permit me to "jump" to the
||| directory I wanted to save the document in because I had so arranged
||| this special sub-directory of My documents. Now. whenever I try to
||| save any document of any program, the file folder shortcuts do not
||| appear. When I open the files to "explore" them the file folder
||| shortcuts are there and I am able to "jump" to them. This is helpful
||| when opening a document buried deeply within my file structuire, but
||| useless when trying to save a file because the file folder shortcuts
||| are invisible. How can I make the file folder shortcuts appear when I
||| am saving? Thanks.
||| Dan
||
|| Hi Dan,
||
|| Look at the "Files of type" dropdown at the bottom of the dialog. That
|| setting
|| filters the kinds of files that are shown in the list. While the list
|| always
|| contains real subfolders under the current folder, shortcuts are really
|| .lnk
|| files and not folders.
||
|| The only "Files of type" setting that allows .lnk files to appear in the
|| list is "All files (*.*)".
||
|| When the list is sorted by name, the links appear alphabetically among
|| the
|| files, not among the folders at the top of the list. When the list (in
|| Details
|| view) is sorted by Type, they appear with a type of "Shortcut".
||
|| --
|| Regards,
|| Jay Freedman
|| Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:http://word.mvps.org
|| Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
|| newsgroup so all may benefit.
|
| Jay,
| Thanks for the help. If I understand you correctly, there are a couple
| of problems. First when using Microsoft Word (or any other program)
| and "saving as", I always used to see those *.lnk files because that
| is all that is in my "JumpTo!" directory. When I save a Microsoft Word
| document, the "File-Save As..." provides a dialog box with the option
| at the bottom to "Save as type:". Before I reinstalled the links
| always were there even though they are really not files; they did
| appear and direct me to the folders they "point" at. Now, not only do
| they not appear, but there is no "All files (*.*)" option in the
| Microsoft Word list of options. Something has to be askew that these
| links do not even appear because before re-installation of Windows XP,
| they were always there. If the dialog box "Save as type:" at the
| bottom of the save as window is not what you are talking about perhaps
| I do not understand. I would still like some help on this as I use
| this "JumpTo!" save option frequently. Thanks.
| Dan


I've been watching this discussion with interest and looking as the 'save
as' dialogue box and if you grab the right bottom edge and make the box
bigger, then you can use the 'Tools' pulldown in the same window to add the
selected file or folder to the 'Places' Bar. Could this be the solution the
OP is looking for??

Eddie in Loveland

"A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion."
 
F

F. Edwin Felty

In F. Edwin Felty <[email protected]> typed:
|| In
|| || inobugs <[email protected]> typed:
|||| On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 08:55:46 -0700 (PDT),inobugs<[email protected]>
|||| wrote:
|||||| I'm assuming you're referring to the Places Bar in Office. What
|||||| version of Office/Word do you have? Places should appear in both Open
|||||| and Save dialogs, but note that these two dialogs can be
|||||| independently sized. If you have one sized larger than the other,
|||||| and especially if you have not switched from Large to Small Icons,
|||||| it may just be that some of the Places shortcuts are not being
|||||| displayed. Do you have an arrow at the bottom of the Places Bar?
||||
|||||| --
|||||| Suzanne S. Barnhill
|||||| Microsoft MVP (Word)
|||||| Words into Type
|||||| Fairhope, Alabama USA
||||
||||
||||||
|| ||||
||||||| I recently needed to reinstall my operating system. It was before
||||||| and is now Windows XP. I have created folder shortcuts so that when
||||||| I save I can "jump" to a folder deeper within my directory
||||||| structure that I use often. I had several of these shortcuts and
||||||| they worked splendidly. Now that I have reinstalled Windows XP, I
||||||| can jump to the desired directories using the shortcuts while
||||||| exploring, but when I try to do so while saving the folder
||||||| shortcuts do not appear. How can I use folder shortcuts to "jump"
||||||| to specific folders within my directory structure while saving?
||||||| Thanks.
||||||| Dan
||||
||||| I have Microsoft Office Windows 2003. I am not referring to the
||||| "Places Bar". I want to be able to open a file that has several file
||||| folder shortcuts and from there "jump to" the directory the shortcut
||||| points to. The problem occurs for any program, not just Microsoft
||||| Office. I suspect it has to to with the console opened by the
||||| "gpedit.msc". Basically, before I had Windows XP installed I could
||||| "Save As" and open a sub-directory of My Documents that had a series
||||| of file folder shortcuts in it that would permit me to "jump" to the
||||| directory I wanted to save the document in because I had so arranged
||||| this special sub-directory of My documents. Now. whenever I try to
||||| save any document of any program, the file folder shortcuts do not
||||| appear. When I open the files to "explore" them the file folder
||||| shortcuts are there and I am able to "jump" to them. This is helpful
||||| when opening a document buried deeply within my file structuire, but
||||| useless when trying to save a file because the file folder shortcuts
||||| are invisible. How can I make the file folder shortcuts appear when I
||||| am saving? Thanks.
||||| Dan
||||
|||| Hi Dan,
||||
|||| Look at the "Files of type" dropdown at the bottom of the dialog. That
|||| setting
|||| filters the kinds of files that are shown in the list. While the list
|||| always
|||| contains real subfolders under the current folder, shortcuts are really
|||| .lnk
|||| files and not folders.
||||
|||| The only "Files of type" setting that allows .lnk files to appear in
|||| the list is "All files (*.*)".
||||
|||| When the list is sorted by name, the links appear alphabetically among
|||| the
|||| files, not among the folders at the top of the list. When the list (in
|||| Details
|||| view) is sorted by Type, they appear with a type of "Shortcut".
||||
|||| --
|||| Regards,
|||| Jay Freedman
|||| Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:http://word.mvps.org
|||| Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
|||| newsgroup so all may benefit.
|||
||| Jay,
||| Thanks for the help. If I understand you correctly, there are a couple
||| of problems. First when using Microsoft Word (or any other program)
||| and "saving as", I always used to see those *.lnk files because that
||| is all that is in my "JumpTo!" directory. When I save a Microsoft Word
||| document, the "File-Save As..." provides a dialog box with the option
||| at the bottom to "Save as type:". Before I reinstalled the links
||| always were there even though they are really not files; they did
||| appear and direct me to the folders they "point" at. Now, not only do
||| they not appear, but there is no "All files (*.*)" option in the
||| Microsoft Word list of options. Something has to be askew that these
||| links do not even appear because before re-installation of Windows XP,
||| they were always there. If the dialog box "Save as type:" at the
||| bottom of the save as window is not what you are talking about perhaps
||| I do not understand. I would still like some help on this as I use
||| this "JumpTo!" save option frequently. Thanks.
||| Dan
||
||
|| I've been watching this discussion with interest and looking as the 'save
|| as' dialogue box and if you grab the right bottom edge and make the box
|| bigger, then you can use the 'Tools' pulldown in the same window to add
|| the selected file or folder to the 'Places' Bar. Could this be the
|| solution the OP is looking for??
||
|| Eddie in Loveland
||
|| "A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion."

Sorry, make that 'right bottom corner'
 
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inobugs

Intyped:
|||| I'm assuming you're referring to the Places Bar in Office. What
|||| version of Office/Word do you have? Places should appear in both Open
|||| and Save dialogs, but note that these two dialogs can be independently
|||| sized. If you have one sized larger than the other, and especially if
|||| you have not switched from Large to Small Icons, it may just be that
|||| some of the Places shortcuts are not being displayed. Do you have an
|||| arrow at the bottom of the Places Bar?
||
|||| --
|||| Suzanne S. Barnhill
|||| Microsoft MVP (Word)
|||| Words into Type
|||| Fairhope, Alabama USA

||
||||||
||||| I recently needed to reinstall my operating system. It was before and
||||| is now Windows XP. I have created folder shortcuts so that when I save
||||| I can "jump" to a folder deeper within my directory structure that I
||||| use often. I had several of these shortcuts and they worked
||||| splendidly. Now that I have reinstalled Windows XP, I can jump to the
||||| desired directories using the shortcuts while exploring, but when I
||||| try to do so while saving the folder shortcuts do not appear. How can
||||| I use folder shortcuts to "jump" to specific folders within my
||||| directory structure while saving? Thanks.
||||| Dan
||
||| I have Microsoft Office Windows 2003. I am not referring to the
||| "Places Bar". I want to be able to open a file that has several file
||| folder shortcuts and from there "jump to" the directory the shortcut
||| points to. The problem occurs for any program, not just Microsoft
||| Office. I suspect it has to to with the console opened by the
||| "gpedit.msc". Basically, before I had Windows XP installed I could
||| "Save As" and open a sub-directory of My Documents that had a series
||| of file folder shortcuts in it that would permit me to "jump" to the
||| directory I wanted to save the document in because I had so arranged
||| this special sub-directory of My documents. Now. whenever I try to
||| save any document of any program, the file folder shortcuts do not
||| appear. When I open the files to "explore" them the file folder
||| shortcuts are there and I am able to "jump" to them. This is helpful
||| when opening a document buried deeply within my file structuire, but
||| useless when trying to save a file because the file folder shortcuts
||| are invisible. How can I make the file folder shortcuts appear when I
||| am saving? Thanks.
||| Dan
||
|| Hi Dan,
||
|| Look at the "Files of type" dropdown at the bottom of the dialog. That
|| setting
|| filters the kinds of files that are shown in the list. While the list
|| always
|| contains real subfolders under the current folder, shortcuts are really
|| .lnk
|| files and not folders.
||
|| The only "Files of type" setting that allows .lnk files to appear in the
|| list is "All files (*.*)".
||
|| When the list is sorted by name, the links appear alphabetically among
|| the
|| files, not among the folders at the top of the list. When the list (in
|| Details
|| view) is sorted by Type, they appear with a type of "Shortcut".
||
|| --
|| Regards,
|| Jay Freedman
|| Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:http://word.mvps.org
|| Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
|| newsgroup so all may benefit.
|
| Jay,
| Thanks for the help. If I understand you correctly, there are a couple
| of problems. First when using Microsoft Word (or any other program)
| and "saving as", I always used to see those *.lnk files because that
| is all that is in my "JumpTo!" directory. When I save a Microsoft Word
| document, the "File-Save As..." provides a dialog box with the option
| at the bottom to "Save as type:". Before I reinstalled the links
| always were there even though they are really not files; they did
| appear and direct me to the folders they "point" at. Now, not only do
| they not appear, but there is no "All files (*.*)" option in the
| Microsoft Word list of options. Something has to be askew that these
| links do not even appear because before re-installation of Windows XP,
| they were always there. If the dialog box "Save as type:" at the
| bottom of the save as window is not what you are talking about perhaps
| I do not understand. I would still like some help on this as I use
| this "JumpTo!" save option frequently. Thanks.
| Dan

I've been watching this discussion with interest and looking as the 'save
as' dialogue box and if you grab the right bottom edge and make the box
bigger, then you can use the 'Tools' pulldown in the same window to add the
selected file or folder to the 'Places' Bar. Could this be the solution the
OP is looking for??

Eddie in Loveland

"A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion."

Not really. I understand how to use the My Places sidebar, but it's
flexibility is largely constrained to Microsoft Office. An earlier
responder suggested I use a desktop folder to place my shortcuts in,
but that results in the same problem Apparently some systems are
configured so the *.Ink folder links both appear and are operable in
the "JumpTo!" folder (I call it that because that's what it's name is
on my system). On my system the *.ink links that refer to the folders
I want to access are invisible in the Save As dialog box, readily
visible and accessible when exploring to open a file. I need for those
links to be visible in the regular Save As pane and operable. They
were before I reinstalled Windows XP. Thanks for the interest, I hope
someone can help me get this figured out.
Dan
 
J

Jay Freedman

Jay,
Thanks for the help. If I understand you correctly, there are a couple
of problems. First when using Microsoft Word (or any other program)
and "saving as", I always used to see those *.lnk files because that
is all that is in my "JumpTo!" directory. When I save a Microsoft Word
document, the "File-Save As..." provides a dialog box with the option
at the bottom to "Save as type:". Before I reinstalled the links
always were there even though they are really not files; they did
appear and direct me to the folders they "point" at. Now, not only do
they not appear, but there is no "All files (*.*)" option in the
Microsoft Word list of options. Something has to be askew that these
links do not even appear because before re-installation of Windows XP,
they were always there. If the dialog box "Save as type:" at the
bottom of the save as window is not what you are talking about perhaps
I do not understand. I would still like some help on this as I use
this "JumpTo!" save option frequently. Thanks.
Dan

Dan,

Sorry, before I was looking at the "Files of type" setting in the File > Open
dialog. You're correct, the "Save as type" box in the File > Save As dialog
doesn't have an "All files" entry (it wouldn't make sense).

However, I do see the folder shortcuts in the file list, even though the "Save
as type" box is set to "Word Document". They're at the very end of the list,
after all the documents. Double-clicking one does jump to the folder it points
to.

Although admittedly I didn't do a thorough search, I didn't see any group policy
settings in gpedit.msc that looked like they would affect this behavior.
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

This is the approach that I would (and do) use, but the OP is trying to make
his existing method work.
 
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inobugs

Dan,

Sorry, before I was looking at the "Files of type" setting in the File > Open
dialog. You're correct, the "Save as type" box in the File > Save As dialog
doesn't have an "All files" entry (it wouldn't make sense).

However, I do see the foldershortcutsin the file list, even though the "Save
as type" box is set to "Word Document". They're at the very end of the list,
after all the documents. Double-clicking one does jump to the folder it points
to.

Although admittedly I didn't do a thorough search, I didn't see any grouppolicy
settings in gpedit.msc that looked like they would affect this behavior.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP        FAQ:http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroupso all may benefit.

Jay,
Thank-you. Now it's evident you are on to the crux of MY problem. My
list of files and folders DOES NOT include the folders links (*.Ink);
they're invisible! When I explore a folder they're there and work, but
when I perform a "Save As" there are no folder shortcut (links) in the
list and therefore I have nothing to click on (I have my system set to
single-click), but that's not the prob. The issue is folders links
with an "*.ink extension DO NOT appear in my file list (and they used
to before re-installation). When they appear, they work just like any
shortcut, but I have to see them to click on them and "jump to" the
linked directory. I still need help figuring out how cause folder
links to appear in my file list when I go to "Save As". I believe this
a Windows XP problem as they should, but do not, appear for any
programs I go to save as from. Anyone, please help if you can. Thanks.
Dan
 
J

Jay Freedman

Jay,
Thank-you. Now it's evident you are on to the crux of MY problem. My
list of files and folders DOES NOT include the folders links (*.Ink);
they're invisible! When I explore a folder they're there and work, but
when I perform a "Save As" there are no folder shortcut (links) in the
list and therefore I have nothing to click on (I have my system set to
single-click), but that's not the prob. The issue is folders links
with an "*.ink extension DO NOT appear in my file list (and they used
to before re-installation). When they appear, they work just like any
shortcut, but I have to see them to click on them and "jump to" the
linked directory. I still need help figuring out how cause folder
links to appear in my file list when I go to "Save As". I believe this
a Windows XP problem as they should, but do not, appear for any
programs I go to save as from. Anyone, please help if you can. Thanks.
Dan

At a guess, there may be a bad entry in the registry for the handling of .lnk
files (note: that's an L, not an I, as the extension is short for "link").

This might help and can't hurt: go to http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
and download the file listed there for "LNK (Shortcut)". Follow the instructions
at the top of the page. It restores the default settings for .lnk files. Then
check the behavior again.
 
I

inobugs

At a guess, there may be a bad entry in the registry for the handling of ..lnk
files (note: that's an L, not an I, as the extension is short for "link")..

This might help and can't hurt: go tohttp://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
and download the file listed there for "LNK (Shortcut)". Follow the instructions
at the top of the page. It restores the default settings for .lnk files.
check the behavior again.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP        FAQ:http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroupso all may benefit.

Jay,
Thanks so much for your perseverance. I downloaded the zip file and
followed the instructions on the page to reset the LNK extension
default in the registry. Nothing changed, but then again; I figured it
probably shouldn't until I rebooted. I did so and sure enough, the
extensions to the directories I have in my "JumpTo!" folder are all
there. Moreover, they work with Microsoft Office, other Microsoft and
non Microsoft programs. Everything is working the way I wanted and
need it to. Thanks so much,
Dan
 
J

Jay Freedman

Jay,
Thanks so much for your perseverance. I downloaded the zip file and
followed the instructions on the page to reset the LNK extension
default in the registry. Nothing changed, but then again; I figured it
probably shouldn't until I rebooted. I did so and sure enough, the
extensions to the directories I have in my "JumpTo!" folder are all
there. Moreover, they work with Microsoft Office, other Microsoft and
non Microsoft programs. Everything is working the way I wanted and
need it to. Thanks so much,
Dan

You're certainly welcome!
 

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