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Open and Save Dialog Box Customization (Windows 2000/Me/XP)
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These settings allow you to remove the places bar, most-recently-used (MRU) list and the back button from the common dialog boxes.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new DWORD value named according to the table below and set it to "1" to hide the button.

  • NoBackButton - Hides the back button
  • NoFileMRU - Hides the most-recently-used (MRU) list
  • NoPlacesBar - Hides the places bar

Registry Editor Example
|NameTypeData|
|(Default)REG_SZ(value not set)|
|NoBackButtonREG_DWORD0x00000001 (1)|
|NoFileMRUREG_DWORD0x00000001 (1)|
|NoPlacesBarREG_DWORD0x00000001 (1)|
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|HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Com...|
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Settings:
User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Comdlg32]
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Comdlg32]
Name: NoFileMRU, NoBackButton, NoPlacesBar
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: (0 = display, 1 = remove)

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: March 20, 2002

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