Yep, they sure can. Here are two ways that I know of (and there are
probably more):

TweakUI provides an interface to do this:

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

If you don't want all of TweakUI, and you're feeling a little
adventurous, lookee here:

"How to customize the My Places bar in both the Open and the Save As
dialog boxes in Office"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;826214

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Ted Zieglar
"Backup is a computer user's best friend."

photofxplus wrote:

There are three ways, Ted.

You can use TweakUI, Edit the registry or if XP Pro, use System Policy
Editor.

For Group Policy if XP Pro.
Open Group Policy...
Start | Run | Type: gpedit.msc | Click OK |
Navigate to >>
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\
Windows Explorer\Common Open File Dialog\
Items displayed in Places Bar

Items displayed in Places Bar
http://www.boyce.us/gp/gpcontent.asp?ID=567

You can also create the PlacesN value as REG_EXPAND_SZ, so you can use
environment variables. I have a My Downloads folder to contain all Internet
Downloads and I set Places4 to REG_EXPAND_SZ to %%USERPROFILE%%/My
Documents/My Downloads.

You can only do this thru Regedit, though.

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