Application Defaults in Windows

[wallacej]

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

[dglienna]

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...

[Ideas Man]

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.

[dglienna]

You can set the Open, Edit, and Print options there, too. That's what I thought that he wanted to do.

[wallacej]

cheers guys

I'll have a play around and let you know how I get on.

[wallacej]

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.

[dglienna]

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.