Windows 2000's Places Bar

Go somewhere else today

By playing around with the Windows registry, I've found that you can get almost any system folder to appear in the Places Bar of the Open File common dialog box. In the registry editor, open My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\comdlg32\PlacesBar. Each of the PlacesX subkeys corresponds to a different folder. Here are the possible values I've found. (Some values yield nothing.)

Decimal Hex Folder
00Desktop
11Internet Explorer
22Programs
33Control Panel
44Printers
55-
66current user\Favorites
77current user\...\Startup
88History
99SendTo
10aRecycle Bin
11bcurrent user\Start Menu
12c-
13d-
14e-
15f-
1610current user\Desktop
1711My Computer
1812My Network Places
1913NetHood
2014Fonts
2115Templates
2216All Users\Start Menu
2317All Users\...\Programs
2418All Users\...\Startup
2519All Users\Desktop
261acurrent user\Application Data
271bPrintHood
281ccurrent user\Local Settings\Application Data
291d-
301e-
311fAll Users\Favorites
3220Temporary Internet Files
3321Cookies
3422History
3523All Users\Application Data
3624WinNT
3725system32
3826Program Files
3927My Pictures
4028Documents and Settings\current user
4129system32
422a-
432bCommon Files
442c-
452dTemplates
462eAll Users\Documents
472fAdministrative Tools
4830-
4931Network and Dial-up Connections

Last updated 2 June 2005
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