Annoying Problems with Microsoft Office 2008

[holden57]

I just had a question about one certain thing. It's not a problem per se, but it's extremely annoying, and I was wondering if there is a way to change it.

Office it seems by default saves a folder with information on various information on it's settings, and this folder is normally contained under 'Documents', however I really don't want this folder there, because I save my documents there, not other things. Seems like the wrong place for it to be. Every time I open an Office application the folder goes back to it's original place from where I deleted it. Is there some way to get this folder to show up somewhere else? If I just move it, will that fix the problem. Or will that mess up it's default path with where to find this information?

Thanks, I know this is trivial, but it's been very annoying for me.

 

[MisterMe]

I just had a question about one certain thing. It's not a problem per se, but it's extremely annoying, and I was wondering if there is a way to change it.

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Although Microsoft raises the practice to a power, it is not alone in creating a folder in your Documents folder. It does not give you the option of moving this folder to a different location.

 

[holden57]

Although Microsoft raises the practice to a power, it is not alone in creating a folder in your Documents folder. It does not give you the option of moving this folder to a different location.

So moving the folder somewhere else won't fix the problem?

 

[Frosties]

Although Microsoft raises the practice to a power, it is not alone in creating a folder in your Documents folder. It does not give you the option of moving this folder to a different location.

Have you looked in preferences inside word?

You have similar options in the other office programs also. I could be wrong but isn't this what you are looking for?

 

[holden57]

Have you looked in preferences inside word?

You have similar options in the other office programs also. I could be wrong but isn't this what you are looking for?

I see that same exact list, but I'm not sure what to change, and if changing it does anything.

 

[holden57]

Well I found out how to fix the problem, it's quite simple actually. When Microsoft Office is not running you move the folder from Documents to the folder Library/Preferences and sure enough the folder will not reappear in Documents when you restart Office.

But honestly what were they thinking when putting that folder there. Most people store documents in the Documents folder lol. At least allow people to move it easily.