How to Change the Default File Location in FrontPage Express

 Last reviewed: October 23, 1997
Article ID: Q175485
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 for Windows NT 4.0

SUMMARY

This article describes how to change the default file location in Microsoft FrontPage Express. FrontPage Express is a Web authoring and publishing add-on component for Internet Explorer.

MORE INFORMATION

When you open or save a file in FrontPage Express, the default file location is set to <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft FrontPage Express\Bin, where <drive> is the drive on which the Program Files folder is located. To change the default file location in FrontPage Express, follow these steps:

  1. Right-click Start, and then click Explore.

  2. Double-click the Programs folder, and then double-click the Internet Explorer folder.

  3. Right-click the FrontPage Express shortcut, click Properties, and then click the Shortcut tab.

  4. In the Start In box, type the following line for the new default file location, and then click OK 

          <path>\<folder>

    where <path> and <folder> specify the new default folder for FrontPage Express files. For example, type: 

          "c:\my documents"

NOTE: If you use a folder name that contains spaces or exceeds eight characters in length, enclose the path in quotation marks.

Additional query words: 4.00
Keywords : msient msiew95 kbenv
Version : WINDOWS:4.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto

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Last reviewed: October 23, 1997
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