How can I change what's on the Places Bar of a common dialog box?

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How can I add an item to the Places Bar on the left side of a standard file dialog box (TOpenDialog), where there are usually "Desktop", "My Computer", "My Documents", "My Network", etc.?

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Oh, sorry. Not a duplicate. You are talking about the links to the left. You are aware of the fact that these links have been removed in Windows Vista and Windows 7, right? — Andreas Rejbrand, May 27 '11 at 00:03
See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc300434.aspx#S2 Be sure to continue reading through the next section. — Sertac Akyuz, May 27 '11 at 00:15
I cleaned up your main question, but I have no idea what you're trying to say in the second paragraph. Please clarify. — Rob Kennedy, May 27 '11 at 01:25

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered May 27 '11 at 02:40

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There's an article by Fikret Hasovic here: http://fhasovic.blogspot.com/2004/09/custom-places-bar.html that links to the MSDN article on it, and he provides Delphi code to download.

answered May 27 '11 at 02:40

lkessler

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Nothing might work on Windows 7. As Andreas said in his comment, the Places Bar has been removed from Vista and Windows 7. They could have removed support for it completely. You might have to check for Windows 7 and if so, use the Windows 7 File Dialog Box instead. See: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1268178/how-to-check-in-delphi-the-os-version-windows-7-or-server-2008-r2 – lkessler May 27 '11 at 03:51
On a Win7 installation patched to 2020-01-02 the left "places" pane can still be configured flawlessly. [Archive.org copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20070825003235/http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/03/CuttingEdge/default.aspx) of the original article. – AmigoJack Sep 16 '21 at 18:56

How can I change what's on the Places Bar of a common dialog box?

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