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Does anybody know how to set some defaults when a user clicks Open in an application running on Windows.
For example, the user goes to File...Open in OriginPro. When the browser opens up it is automatically pointing to the path C:\ and the files/folders are displayed in details view.
Thanks
In Windows Explorer, choose Tools -> Folder Options -> FileTypes
this will list the associations. take a look at some of them before you try to make new ones, or change one. you can do some real damage here...
I don't think he was talking about file associations, rather the Open dialog that is common in most Windows programs such as open a document in Microsoft Word.
I'm not quite sure if there are any defaults for the dialog. I tried quite a few things and I couldn't get them to stick. Though some folders such as the My Pictures folder is always thumbnailed for me, the rest are all in List view.
You can set the Open, Edit, and Print options there, too. That's what I thought that he wanted to do.
cheers guys
I'll have a play around and let you know how I get on.
Those options seem to be for the default program to open a file with.
I mean to set the default view and location of the Open dialogue within the actual program/application itself.
most vb programs use app.path. If it is anything else, then it is probably saved in each program. I don't have any programs that open in the root directory. Word opens in My Documents for the user that is logged on, but you can change that if you want. I don't think that there is a global setting for all programs, but there is one for network logons.
You may want to map a drive or two to specific directories, and have the apps use them.