Is there any way to change the save location for Notepad?

Is there any way to change the save location for Notepad. It currently saves to My

Documents.

This question was answered on March 2, 2005. Much of the information contained herein may have changed since posting.

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Just adjust the Start In property in the shortcut within the Menu Tree.

Do Start > Settings > Taskbar and Start Menu Click the Advanced tab Click the Advanced button.

An Explorer window comes up with your menu tree as its source In order, double-click the Programs, and then the Accessories folder Right-click the Notepad icon and choose Properties Type your preferred folder in the “Start In” text box, click OK and Notepad will start wherever you wish Same procedure for WordPad.

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Posted by Ricardo of Katharine Gibbs School - New York on March 2, 2005

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