You can change the default location of the Save As
button of all Microsoft applications (e.g Word, Excel) and other application that use the default Windows Save As
dialogue (e.g Notepad++):
It is possible to change location to whatever directory you want, including a network share or mapped drive:
Open
REGEDIT
(Start -> Run -> regedit) and browse toHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell\Folders.br
.Edit the string value
Personal
and change the data to whatever directory or other location you want. No special syntax is needed.Press the F5 key to refresh. If that did not work, close all open programs and hit F5 again.
This will work for all MS applications, including Windows itself, with a few exceptions. If you want to do the same for other programs, that use a different/custom Save As
dialogue, you might need to change the Save As
location manually for each program, usually through its settings or preferences.