[Shu-cdromlan] Re: default save to A:

[Mary Platt]

Whenever I have tried to make the prefs file read only in the last two versions of netscape I have worked with (4.5 and 4.7) it creates an error when netscape closes down.  Netscape is trying to save, apparently, to that file and is blocked.  The error is harmless, but like any error message, is unnerving to users.

Mary Platt
Kennesaw State University

>>> lsheppard@LIBRARY.DELMAR.EDU 10/15/00 05:00PM >>>
Try editing the Prefs file inside the user's folder.  (normally c:\program files\netscape\users\**).
Add or  edit the existing line (with notepad) to look like this:
user_pref("browser.download_directory", "a:\\");
Netscape will default to the floppy drive first, with patrons able to change locations after that.
To keep patrons from changing this, make the file read only. Each time Netscape is launched, it will go back to whatever settings are in the prefs file. Doing this will also enable you to "lock in" other settings such as home page, url history etc.
Larry Sheppard
Lan Manager
Del Mar College Library Automation
-----Original Message-----
From:   Doris Munson [SMTP:dorism@clackamas.cc.or.us]
Sent:   Friday, October 13, 2000 11:32 AM
To:     CDROMLAN@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject:        Re: default save to A:

Is there a way to do this with Netscape also?

Thanks,


Doris Munson
Catalog/Technical Systems Librarian
Clackamas Community College
19600 S. Molalla Avenue
Oregon City, OR 97045
(503) 657-6958 x2463
fax: (503) 655-8925
dorism@clackamas.cc.or.us

>>> SCP_SULLI@sals.edu 10/05/00 07:51PM >>>
>Is there any way of changing the default save location in Windows NT from:
>C:\winnt\profiles\username\personal
>to the A: drive?

This value is stored at:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
User Shell Folders\Personal

and is of type REG_EXPAND_SZ.

Note that this will work for Internet Explorer and MS Access; the other Office
products have their own settings.

Bob Sullivan                               scp_sulli@sals.edu
Schenectady County Public Library (NY)     http://www.scpl.org