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MS Office Forum / Word / Menus and Toolbars / January 2004Turn off AutoOpen
How do I turn off AutoOpen, the feature that (I'm assuming) finishes the file name for you in the Open menu. Hi, Rocky, AutoOpen is a catchy name, but it's taken for something else (a macro that Word automatically runs when you open a document). What you're talking about is similar to the AutoComplete feature for AutoText entries, but I don't think this really has a name. Anyway, as far as I know you can't turn it off. And I'm not sure why you would want to, since it's definitely a timesaver. It looks at the names of the files in the folder that's displayed, and loads the File Name box with the first one that matches as much as you've typed so far. Since you can't open a file that doesn't exist in that folder -- unless you switch to another folder where it does exist -- it wouldn't make sense to type a nonexistent name and click Open; you'll just get an error message. >How do I turn off AutoOpen, the feature that (I'm >assuming) finishes the file name for you in the Open menu. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word Thanks for the reply, Jay. You hit on the problem -- it loads the filename box with the first one that matches -- and if I want the second or fifth I have to keep typing, or else scroll the file list. It is only a problem on a couple of folders that have ~1000 files (performers and titles). I want Pearl Bailey but I get Mildred Bailey -- under Word 98 I could just type "bai" and hit enter and get a list of all the Baileys. Also, when the filename is "BAILEY, Mildred" and I type "bai" suddenly it changes my filename to "baiLEY, Mildred" -- I hate that it changes my filename! So, it causes me more work to get a file than it used to. I don't mind that such features exist. I mind that they are forced on me instead of giving me easy options to choose to use them or not (most of the new "helpful" options I am turning off as I stumble across the means to do so). >-----Original Message----- >Hi, Rocky, [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word >. Hi Rocky, See if this works for you: - In the Registry drill down to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\c omdlg32 - Change "NoFileMru" to the value of 1  SignaturePlease post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ > Thanks for the reply, Jay. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > list. It is only a problem on a couple of folders that > have ~1000 files (performers and titles). No Joy, Beth. I got into the registry editor and drilled down to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersio n\Policies -- but there was no comdlg32 there. Only thing there was "(Default) ~ REG_SZ ~ (value not set)" >-----Original Message----- >Hi Rocky, [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >. I thought it might be os specific. What operating system are you using? You might try searching the Registry for "comdlg" or "NoFileMru" and see what turns up. SignaturePlease post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ > No Joy, Beth. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Only thing there was "(Default) ~ REG_SZ ~ (value not > set)" Running Windows XP, and Word 2003 Okay, did the search. Search for "comdlg" turned up several, but none seemed the right one. Only one was a folder, that one found under... HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersio n\Explorer\Comdlg32. An apparent duplicate was under HKEY_USERS Inside that were two sub-folders: LastVisitedMRU and OpenSaveMRU. Neither had a NoFileMRU. LastVisitedMRU had a bunch of binary codes in it. OpenSaveMRU had a bunch of subfolders all with names of filename extensions (com dll exe jpg, etc.). None had a NoFileMRU. Search on NoFileMRU found nothing. --Rocky >-----Original Message----- >I thought it might be os specific. What operating system are you [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> >> I got into the registry editor and drilled down to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersio >> n\Policies -- but there was no comdlg32 there. >> >> Only thing there was "(Default) ~ REG_SZ ~ (value not >> set)" > >. Hmmm....I also have Windows XP. Although I *do* have TweakUI installed...Ah! it looks like it has such an option and the Reg value is modified accordingly. :-) Download TweakUI for Windows XP and in the Common Dialog options turn off "Remember previously-used file names". (sorry I didn't think of this previously!) SignaturePlease post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP > Running Windows XP, and Word 2003 > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > --Rocky BINGO! That did it, Beth. You're a dear for hanging in with me through several back-and-forth messages to get to the bottom of that! Although it does seem, in TweakUI, that unchecking "Enable AutoComplete" should have been the one -- the help says the box would "enable AutoComplete in the 'File Name' edit box" which is what I think I was wanting not to do -- but undoing the "previously used file names" put it right back to the way I wanted it. That's a slick little program ... er, "powertoy." --Rocky >-----Original Message----- >Hmmm....I also have Windows XP. Although I *do* have TweakUI [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> several, but none seemed the right one. Only one was a >> folder, that one found under... HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersio >> n\Explorer\Comdlg32. >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >. Hi Rocky, You're welcome. Glad you have it sorted out. :-) (Sorry I didn't put the two together earlier though - I'm one who typically turns to the Registry first. <g>) I don't see the "Enable AutoComplete" option but I suspect it is for IE. Out of curiosity, do you now have HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\c omdlg32 in the Registry? SignaturePlease post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ > BINGO! That did it, Beth. You're a dear for hanging in > with me through several back-and-forth messages to get to [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > --Rocky |
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