Policy
Items displayed in Places Bar
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2003, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista, WindowsXP
Configures the list of items displayed in the Places Bar in the Windows File/Open dialog. If enable this setting you can specify from 1 to 5 items to be displayed in the Places Bar. The valid items you may display in the Places Bar are: 1) Shortcuts to a local folders -- (ex. C:\Windows) 2) Shortcuts to remote folders -- (\\server\share) 3) FTP folders 4) web folders 5) Common Shell folders. The list of Common Shell Folders that may be specified: Desktop, Recent Places, Documents, Pictures, Music, Recently Changed, Attachments and Saved Searches. If you disable or do not configure this setting the default list of items will be displayed in the Places Bar. Note: In Windows Vista, this policy setting applies only to applications that are using the Windows XP common dialog box style. This policy setting does not apply to the new Windows Vista common dialog box style.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
| Scope | Element | Type | Registry mapping | Constraints & behavior | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| User | Item 1 ID Places0 | text | Path Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\comdlg32\Placesbar Value name Place0 Type REG_SZ | None | |
| User | Item 2 ID Places1 | text | Path Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\comdlg32\Placesbar Value name Place1 Type REG_SZ | None | |
| User | Item 3 ID Places2 | text | Path Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\comdlg32\Placesbar Value name Place2 Type REG_SZ | None | |
| User | Item 4 ID Places3 | text | Path Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\comdlg32\Placesbar Value name Place3 Type REG_SZ | None | |
| User | Item 5 ID Places4 | text | Path Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\comdlg32\Placesbar Value name Place4 Type REG_SZ | None |