In the regular Open or Save dialog boxes in Windows XP, there are 5 quick links on the left side, such as Desktop, My Documents, My Recent Documents, My Computer and Network Places. You can edit these links with this key:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ComDlg32\Placesbar]

Please note that it is quite possible that the ComDlg32 and the Placesbar keys do not exist on your computer, as they are not created by default. If you are merging a .reg file into the registry, then no need to worry, the import method will automatically create these keys for you, as well as any values that you enter like these listed in the Example below.

You can also subtitute an internal ID for a specific folder. Here is a partial list of internal IDs known to Windows. You can see that the first quick link in my example is a DWORD type, and has a value of 5, which corresponds to My Documents. The second quick link (Place1) is targeted to the CD Burning folder stored in the user's profile. The last three are links to my folders on various drives.

Numeric ID Aliases for various folders in Windows

0 Desktop
1 Internet Explorer
2 Start Menu\Programs
3 My Computer\Control Panel
4 My Computer\Printers
5 My Documents
6 <user name>\Favorites
7 Start Menu\Programs\Startup
8 <user name>\Recent
9 <user name>\SendTo
a <desktop>\Recycle Bin
b <user name>\Start Menu
c logical "My Documents" desktop icon
d "My Music" folder
e "My Videos" folder
10 <user name>\Desktop
11 My Computer
12 Network Neighborhood (My Network Places)
13 <user name>\nethood
14 Windows\Fonts
16 All Users\Start Menu
17 All Users\Start Menu\Programs
18 All Users\Startup
19 All Users\Desktop
1a <user name>\Application Data
1b <user name>\PrintHood
1c <user name>\Local Settings\Applicaiton Data (nonroaming)0x001d // nonlocalized startup
1e Nonlocalized common startup
1f Common favorites
20 Internet Cache
21 Cookies
22 History
23 All Users\Application Data
24 GetWindowsDirectory()
25 GetSystemDirectory()
26 C:\Program Files
27 C:\Program Files\My Pictures
28 USERPROFILE
29 x86 system directory on RISC
2a x86 C:\Program Files on RISC
2b C:\Program Files\Common
2c x86 Program Files\Common on RISC
2d All Users\Templates
2e All Users\Documents
2f All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools
30 <user name>\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools
31 Network and Dial-up Connections
35 All Users\My Music
36 All Users\My Pictures
37 All Users\My Video
38 Resource Directory
39 Localized Resource Directory
3a Links to All Users OEM specific apps
3b USERPROFILE\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\CD Burning

It should be noted that Microsoft Office has their own internal dialog box structure, and therefore doesn't use these registry values. I'm sure there is a way to change their quick links as well.

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