I don't know from your post what your networking
environment is or what version you're using, but have a
look at this:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/2003/five/ch18/MntA04.h
tm

The office resourse kit can accomplish what you want to do
in an active directory environment through group policy,
with the provided GP snap-in.
>-----Original Message-----
>hi,
>
>I am trying to get the Open/Save Dialog of office to
default to a specific path and only allow folders in that
path to be navigated. So far I have customised the
PlacesBar to show my folder shortcut and disable the back
button, but the combo box of drop down folders and paths
still allows the user to save wherever they chose.
>
>All this has been done using registry key hacks in for
Windows 2000 and Windows XP:
>
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0
\Common\Open Find
>
>How do I force the common dialog to show only my folder
path. And to stop the user browsing other folders, except
browsing from the root folder I specify?
>
>Can I use some sort of GPO to control what folders my
users can save and see in windows explorer?
>
>Thanks
>
>Yong
>
>
>.
>

Hi Rob,

The link is broken or incorrect, do you have the right one?
I am using Windows 2000 Domain Servers, with Win2K Pro and Win XP Pro clients