Excel Reference - Default File Locations
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Table 4-6 lists the locations of important files and folders for Excel 2007. You can change some of the locations; others you can’t. (You may have configured your Documents folder differently or installed Office in an unusual location. This table lists the defaults.)
Table 4-6. Default file locations
File or location | Operating system | Path | User-definable |
Document | Windows Vista | C:\Documents and Settings\ | Yes |
Storage | | <username>\Documents | |
| Windows XP | C:\Documents and Settings\ | Yes |
| | <username>\My | |
| | Documents | |
User Templates | Windows XP and | C:\Documents and Settings\ | Yes |
| Vista | <username>\Application | |
| | Data\Microsoft\Templates | |
AutoRecover Files | Windows XP and | C:\Documents and Settings\ | Yes |
| Vista | <username>\Application | |
| | Data\Microsoft\Excel | |
Startup directory | Windows XP and | C:\Documents and Settings\ | Yes |
| Vista | <username>\Application | |
| | Data\Microsoft\Excel\ | |
| | XLSTART | |
Program Files | Windows XP and | C:\Program Files\Microsoft | No |
| Vista | Office\Office12 | |
History of | Windows XP and | C:\Documents and Settings\ | No |
recently opened | Vista | <username>\Application | |
documents | | Data\Microsoft\Office\ | |
| | Recent | |
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