Check path of normal.dotm in Word 2007

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  Dim sPath As String
  sPath = Options.DefaultFilePath(wdUserTemplatesPath)
  MsgBox sPath

  <LasseF> wrote in message news:8c7d41bd-7a20-4d93-bcbe-ad9ecdfafbd2@communitybridge.codeplex.com...

  Hi
  
  We use folder redirection and the users "Application Data" is redirected to a network share. This working fine for most of our users but a few of them are experiencing problems with AutoText.
  
  How can I check where the current Word is loading it's normal.dotm template from through Visual Basic?
  
  If I check the users redirected "Application Data", I can't find normal.dotm and it isn't located in "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office...\"
  
  
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  • Marked as answer by LasseF Monday, June 21, 2010 6:00 AM

  Friday, June 18, 2010 12:30 PM
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  Hi Graham

  Thanks for the reply.

  After writing in here I actually found a solution to my "problem":
  MsgBox Application.NormalTemplate.FullName

   

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  Monday, June 21, 2010 6:04 AM
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  The method I suggested gives the location that the normal template is loaded from - i.e. the user templates folder - which is what you requested.
  There is more than one way to approach this, but if you want to use the alternative you have suggested then the location the template is loaded from would be disclosed by:
  MsgBox Application.NormalTemplate.Path

  <LasseF> wrote in message news:efe2d5f5-5247-4ece-89c1-d123bec877ef@communitybridge.codeplex.com...

  Hi Graham
  
  Thanks for the reply.
  
  After writing in here I actually found a solution to my "problem":
  MsgBox Application.NormalTemplate.FullName
  
  
  
  
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  Monday, June 21, 2010 6:21 AM
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  Hi Graham

  Thanks again!

  We use roaming profiles and folder redirection in our setup. Application Data is redirected to:
  \\Server01\Redirection\%Username%\Application Data

  This means that the normal Word Start folder is located here:
  \\Server01\Redirection\%Username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Start

  But the User Templates Folder is located on one of our network drives:
  H:\User\%Username%\Microsoft\Templates

  My problem is that Word is only reading template files located in the "..\Templates" folder and not in the Start folder as normal. I have tried deleting Normal.dotm so that Word re-creates it, which is does, but it re-creates the file in "..\Templates".

  This is why I wanted to check the location of the Normal.dotm template.

  Have you seen this problem before?

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  Monday, June 21, 2010 12:17 PM
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  Word stores the normal template in the User Templates folder - which appears to be  H:\User\%Username%\Microsoft\Templates
  and Word appears to correctly save the template to that location. If you want it to load from another location, then you will have to change the registry entry to reflect that new location
  at
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\General\UserTemplates
  the startup folder is where you would store add-in templates and the location of that is defined at
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\General\Startup

  <LasseF> wrote in message news:5495a07a-2f46-4f4e-a2fb-1461aa0bd842@communitybridge.codeplex.com...

  Hi Graham
  
  Thanks again!
  
  We use roaming profiles and folder redirection in our setup. Application Data is redirected to:
  \\Server01\Redirection\%Username%\Application Data
  
  This means that the normal Word Start folder is located here:
  \\Server01\Redirection\%Username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Start
  
  But the User Templates Folder is located on one of our network drives:
  H:\User\%Username%\Microsoft\Templates
  
  My problem is that Word is only reading template files located in the "..\Templates" folder and not in the Start folder as normal. I have tried deleting Normal.dotm so that Word re-creates it, which is does, but it re-creates the file in "..\Templates".
  
  This is why I wanted to check the location of the Normal.dotm template.
  
  Have you seen this problem before?
  
  
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  /Lasse

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  Monday, June 21, 2010 1:17 PM