OFF2000: Office Programs Ignore System Policy to Hide Places Bar

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This article was previously published under Q249946

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SYMPTOMS

When you click Open or Save As on the File menu, the Places Bar is available even though the Hide the common dialog places bar group policy has been enforced on your computer.

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a).

To obtain SR-1/SR-1a, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

245025 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/245025/EN-US/ ) OFF2000: How to Obtain and Install Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a)

NOTE: After you install Office 2000 SR-1, the Places Bar remains visible, but it does not contain any icons.

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1/SR-1a.

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