Siddharth Maheshwari
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Tutorial number = 6
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:-
*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\CurrentVersion\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
*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:-
*www.geocities.com/siddharth_bhoot/open/3.JPG
Thats all frnds if u hav any queries ask I will try to solve it.
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:-
*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\CurrentVersion\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
*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:-
*www.geocities.com/siddharth_bhoot/open/3.JPG
Thats all frnds if u hav any queries ask I will try to solve it.
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