You need to create the reg key outlined below, it is not present by default. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ComDlg32\Placesbar] "Place0"=dword:00000000 "Place1"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,44,00,72,00,69,00,76,\ 00,65,00,25,00,5c,00,00,00 "Place2"="D:\\" "Place3"="E:\\" "Place4"=dword:00000011 In the above Place0 = Desktop Place1 = %systemdrive%\ Place2 & Place3 = obvious Place4 = My Computer Here's a few default values you can use in place of absolute paths Desktop: 00000000 My Documents: 00000005 My Computer: 00000011