Company just switched to Windows XP and Office 2002. I
can't seem to get word or excel to start in the
directories I have setup on my machine.

They both seem to want to start in My Documents regardless
of what I specify in the shortcut "start in" location or
the Tools>Options>File Locations.

I can't even seem to modify the Documents file location in
Word.

What gives. I have no intention of using a "My Documents"
directory.