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From: glamdrng@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Rocky Lhotka)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: WFW Default Directory
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Date: 31 Dec 90 19:25:02 GMT
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YTHPRGDB@MTUS5.BITNET writes:
>Currently, WFW default to the WINWORD directory to store documents.  This is
>really stupid, because in an office environment, file management is a must.
>No matter how many times you tell people to put their documents in the
>C:\DOCUMENT directory, they still end up putting them in the default dir.
>
>Is there any way to change the WFW default document directory?  I want
>documents to automatically go into the C:\DOCUMENT directory.
>
>Roger Rouse
>Database Administrator
>MTU -- Youth Programs


You should be able to put W4W on your path (or search drives if on a network)
and then change the icon for W4W so it executes the following:

                c:\documents\winword.exe

You will get a couple warnings from Windows about this, but it will work. 
Your default directory will be c:\documents and windows will search your path
to find winword.exe to run.
Glamdring, Sword of Mithradir

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