I looked and search to no luck. I have corel 2017 and want to setup different open and save locations. Any ideas?
I looked and search to no luck. I have corel 2017 and want to setup different open and save locations. Any ideas?
Craig Matheny
Anaheim, Ca
45 watt Epilog Laser, 60 watt Epilog Laser,
Plasma Cutter, MiG Welder
Rikon 70-100 Lathe
Shop Smith V510, To many hand Tools and
Universal Repair Kit (1- Hammer and 1- Roll of Duck Tape)
What I want is when I open Corel it opens (This Pc / documents) file structure I want it to be (This Pc / Data (E / lazermodels / Models) same thing for when I save a file. THen I can add a folder or save as I want but it is all in the correct location saving steps and making it easier for others.
Craig Matheny
Anaheim, Ca
45 watt Epilog Laser, 60 watt Epilog Laser,
Plasma Cutter, MiG Welder
Rikon 70-100 Lathe
Shop Smith V510, To many hand Tools and
Universal Repair Kit (1- Hammer and 1- Roll of Duck Tape)
I'm not sure how to set the default open location, but you can add locations to the "Pinned" list to the left of many Windows File-Open/Save dialogs. Right click in there and click "Pin to Quick Access". Then you can just click the button to get to your Models folder.
I do not have "Pin to" in my choices. Looks like you have a E:\ (drive) your want to Name as E:\Data then Create Directories, Folders and sub Folders In Windows Explorer is the only way I know.
Last edited by Bill George; 06-05-2018 at 1:19 PM.
Retired Guy- Central Iowa.HVAC/R , Cloudray Galvo Fiber , -Windows 10
@Bill- Make sure you're right clicking on the "Quick Access" heading in the left hand pane.
It may be a Windows 10 only thing. I thought I remembered Windows 7 having it but I can't remember.
I'm using Win7 and while there may be a better way I don't know about, I just map the folders and/or files I want quick access to as network drives...
Drive letters A and B are 'open' these days, so my drive A is mapped to my main Corel Jobs folder, and my drive B is mapped to my most-used customer folder.
--so whenever I access 'Windows Explorer' or 'my computer' (same thing), I get this:
drivelist.jpg
--Since the drive LETTERS are are listed alphabetically rather than the drive NAMES,
'Corel' and my 'Un-named Customer' folder are at the top of the list right after 'computer', easy peasy...
--as noted above, you can also pin folders to the task bar...
========================================
ELEVEN - rotary cutter tool machines
FOUR - CO2 lasers
THREE- make that FOUR now - fiber lasers
ONE - vinyl cutter
CASmate, Corel, Gravostyle
It's not about organizing, it's about navigating through your entire organization tree each time you click the Open menu. If he keeps his files at C:\Laser\Finished\Client A\Project 1\Laser art.cdl he would have to click 6 times to get to his folder, despite it being organized. I was saying he can add a shortcut link to "Client A\Project 1" if he's working on the same handful of files a lot, or at least to C:\Laser instead of defaulting to showing the desktop.
It's also not pinning a folder to the task bar, it's pinning it to the Quick Access bar that appears in the Open dialog.
For example, I have a folder located at C:\Users\Bert\Desktop\Laser projects\Laser mods\80W Upgrade\Frame modification for example. If I'm working in that folder a bunch, I can open my "Open Drawing" window, then right click where it says "Quick Access" then click "Pin current folder to Quick access" like so:
Then, every time I invoke the File -> Open dialog, I have a link that takes me directly to that folder:
I can click that and get straight to my working folder.
I only need to click "Open" and all my laser files are under.... Laserwork then subfolder for John Deere / JobName. Not an issue 3 clicks counting Open.
Retired Guy- Central Iowa.HVAC/R , Cloudray Galvo Fiber , -Windows 10
According to Corel there is no way to change the official open or save location automatically. I did do the pin to the side and removed all the stuff I didn't need. Bill this is not about getting organized it is about less clicks to get to the main folder area we use and that is very well organized.
Craig Matheny
Anaheim, Ca
45 watt Epilog Laser, 60 watt Epilog Laser,
Plasma Cutter, MiG Welder
Rikon 70-100 Lathe
Shop Smith V510, To many hand Tools and
Universal Repair Kit (1- Hammer and 1- Roll of Duck Tape)
Guess what you can change default file locations in 2018 that will help in 5 years when I upgrade
Craig Matheny
Anaheim, Ca
45 watt Epilog Laser, 60 watt Epilog Laser,
Plasma Cutter, MiG Welder
Rikon 70-100 Lathe
Shop Smith V510, To many hand Tools and
Universal Repair Kit (1- Hammer and 1- Roll of Duck Tape)