> Yes! It didn't work at first but once I put the quotes around the path it
> worked like a charm. Thank you very much! I have a follow-up question if
> you don't mind.
>
> When I press Ctl-S to get the "save as" dialog, existing files in that dir
> always display as thumbnails (even though the directory displays as "list"
> in
> explorere which is what I want. I've tried changing it to list in the
> "save
> as" dialog display, but it doesn't stick.
>
> "LVTravel" wrote:
>

>> While I don't know if there are any default settings that can be changed,
>> there may be a workaround for your issue.
>>
>> Try this to see if it works for you.
>>
>> Open a blank screen in Paint and save it as a .jpg in the location you
>> want
>> as your default with the name "default.jpg".
>>
>> Now, right click and drag the Paint program from the Start, Programs,
>> Accessories location onto the desktop and select copy here. Right click
>> on
>> the Paint icon and then left click Properties. You should see a line
>> like
>> this "%%SystemRoot%%\system32\mspaint.exe" (of course without the quotes.)
>> Without deleting the information on the line, click behind the .exe and
>> press the space bar one time. Type the full path and filename for the
>> default.jpg file you saved (if there is any spaces in the path you need
>> to
>> enclose anything you type in quotes. The final line should look
>> something
>> like this
>>
>> %%SystemRoot%%\system32\mspaint.exe "C:\this is the path here\default.jpg"
>> Once you have that click OK.
>>
>> When you double click on the new desktop icon, the file will open and the
>> Save As default location will be where the file is located. Of course if
>> you right click on the default.jpg file and then click properties and
>> make
>> it read only, you won't inadvertently change the file and a Save As will
>> then pop up for any attempt to Save.
>>
>> Hope this helps, let us know..
>>
>>
>> "Dallas Matt" discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:5060B7B8-F717-42B9-BCEA-BC8F8B03AC1C@microsoft.com...

>>> I'd like to use Paint as a very basic photo editor since it starts up
>>> with
>>> a
>>> blank canvas that I can paste a image into.
>>>
>>> Is there a tweak that will allow me to set it to default "Save As" to a
>>> different location than "MY Pictures" and change the default file type
>>> from
>>> BMP to jpeg?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance, all.
>>>
>>> Matt
>>>

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