Customizing the file open/save dialog in Windows XP

Windows by default will create icons “My Recent Documents” “Desktop” “My Documents” “My Computer” and “My Network Places” in the dialog. I rarely use any of them and I usually need to quickly browse to C:\, and C:\Documents and Settings\<username> as most of the apps I use put files there like uTorrent, Newsleecher, etc..

What I prefer to do to make navigation faster is to remove the unneeded icons and add my own. The utility I use is: TweakUI as part of the PowerToys suite of apps. It’s quick to use and easy to do. Here’s a screenshot of the dialog and what I did:

Here’s a screenshot of the File dialog:

Obviously you will want to add your own links as appropriate.