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At this point, I'm not sure of anything; it's been a long day...ha!<br />
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I did not personally change those registry settings, but it is possible that someone else could have without authorization. &nbsp;<br />
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I will check that out.<br />
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Thanks for your quick reply and help.<br />
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Tara
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At this point, I'm not sure of anything; it's been a long day...ha!

I did not personally change those registry settings, but it is possible that someone else could have without authorization.  

I will check that out.

Thanks for your quick reply and help.

Tara

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We recently rolled out several Windows XP workstations with Office 2003 (prior stations were Win2kPro, Office XP). &nbsp;Users can change the save as directory with no problem, and the setting is remembered the next time they go to save a file. &nbsp;However, once a log off or restart occurs, the default directory goes back to My Documents. &nbsp;<br />
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For example, we have a user who saves PDF's that are opened from a web app in IE. &nbsp;When she goes to save the PDF (either with the Adobe &quot;Save Copy&quot; or via File\Save As), the save directory comes up the first time as My Documents. &nbsp;She switches to the directory she wants, and she is good to go for the rest of the day (or until she logs out and back in). &nbsp;<br />
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This was not an issue with the prior Win2k machines. &nbsp;The directory was remembered regardless of login/logoff. &nbsp;Is there a setting somewhere that I can change to make this happen with XP?<br />
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Thanks so much!<br />
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Tara
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We recently rolled out several Windows XP workstations with Office 2003 (prior stations were Win2kPro, Office XP).  Users can change the save as directory with no problem, and the setting is remembered the next time they go to save a file.  However, once a log off or restart occurs, the default directory goes back to My Documents.  

For example, we have a user who saves PDF's that are opened from a web app in IE.  When she goes to save the PDF (either with the Adobe "Save Copy" or via File\Save As), the save directory comes up the first time as My Documents.  She switches to the directory she wants, and she is good to go for the rest of the day (or until she logs out and back in).  

This was not an issue with the prior Win2k machines.  The directory was remembered regardless of login/logoff.  Is there a setting somewhere that I can change to make this happen with XP?

Thanks so much!

Tara

Default Save As Directory changes after logoff

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.