Places Bar Editor

Melloware provides creative and useful software

PlacesBar Editor is a software program that fills a need Microsoft left behind. Windows 2000/ME/XP/Vista and Office dialogs have 5 buttons on the left hand Outlook-style bar known as the PlacesBar. This utility allows you to change them to be any folder you want. Why Microsoft didn't include a utility like this we will never know....

If you would like to add your own folder to the Places Bar (seen in the File/Open and File/Save or SaveAs dialogs), you can do this by editing the Windows Registry or using PlacesBar Editor. This convenient utility prevents you from accidentally messing up your registry and simultaneously updates all version of Office installed.

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Requirements

Windows 2000/XP/ME/Vista
Microsoft Office 2000/XP/2003/2007

Why use PlacesBar Editor?

Prevents errors editing the registry
Convenient to edit all places in one application rather than digging through the registry
Increases productivity allowing you to put often used folders on the places bar
Simple user interface allows customization of 5 Windows places and 10 Office places
Only one EXE roughly 900K in size
Compatible with Vista User Access Control and asks for Administrative permission

Reviews:

Customize the 5 Windows Dialog places.

Customize the 5 extra Office Dialog places.

Now the Office Open-Save As dialog has your new custom places.