How to change locations of Square tiles on left side of "Browse" windows

ChiBOY83

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Edit: SOLVED now that i knew it was called the "places" bar, it was easy to google it. http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_tips_ms.asp ...basically its covered deep in the group policy editor..never woulda been able to find it on my own..thanks


How do you change the different locatiosn that are on the left side of those "browse" windows.

mine currently has "recent documents, desktop, my documents, my computer and my network".... i never use my documents or my network and want to change em..


any help is GREATLY appreciated


 

ChiBOY83

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yea....its like when you go to "file" in firefox and then "open file" and its that window that opens up...im looking to be able to edit the locations of those five icons on the left
 

ChiBOY83

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Originally posted by: xtknight
Get TweakUI from Microsoft Windows XP PowerToys (Google it).

It's called the Places Bar

arghhhh..i KNOW there is a way to change that mofo somehow, either in registry or elsewhere... id rather not use 3rd party...BUT its probly guna be what i end up doing... thanks for the proggie xtknight
 

xtknight

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Yeah, there is a place in the registry, but TweakUI is so much easier. The registry keys are complicated for the Places Bar. I don't know the exact location. Search for "Places Bar" in regedit or Google it.