Office 2013 - File New Default Location

In Word when you go File - New is there any way to get it to default to the "Shared" templates instead of the "Featured" templates?

Hi,
You will need to do this via GPO.
First you need to download Office 2013 Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) from this link below:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35554
Press Win + R, type "gpedit.msc" in the blank box, press Enter.
Expand User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Word 2013 -> Miscellaneous -> Find Show custom templates tab by default in Word on the Office Start screen and in File | New. Select Enabled and Apply -> OK.
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Office 2013 Pro - Error Message - I cannot set Office 2013 as the default mail client

I have a number of PCs on a single domain in the same office all running Windows 7 Pro. Some at 64 bit and some are 32 bit depending on their age.
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32 bit version of Office 2013 as per the MS notes.
When the 64 bit machines reboot and the user logs on I get the message, sometimes twice:
Either there is no default mail client or the current mail client cannot fulfil the message request. Please run Microsoft Office Outlook and set it as the default mail client.
OK, so this should be straight forward:
I set outlook at the default mail client and associate all file with it from Outlook\File\Option. Nope. That does not work.
I go through default programs and set the default mail client as Office 2013 and associate all file with it from Outlook.   Nope. That does not work.
I check the registry and it shows that the 64 bit or 32 bit reversion is the default mail client. So that does not help.
I install the 64 bit version instead of the 32 bit version. Nope. That does not work.
I clean the registry and temp file. Nope. That does not work.
I set a new mail profile for the user. Nope. That does not work.
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Has anyone got any ideas?   All the suggested fixes on this forum do not fix this issue.

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Very Slow to save Office 2013 files (Excel/Word) to a network share

I have an issue with a customer's system whereby they experience problems with saving either a Word or Excel file to another workstation on the network.
The network share is located on a Windows7 Pro x64 machine. The problem can be seen on a machine that's running Windows 8.1 Pro X64 along with Office 2013. When the user attempts to save the document back to the network share, there's
a very long delay (sometime around a minute) before the save completes.
I've tried turning off indexing of off-line files (via indexing options) and also declaring the network location as a trusted location (via the Trust Centre settings from within Excel & Word).
If I simulate the same, but with a local file (eg loaded/saved to the Desktop) then there's no delay, so I conclude that it's something related to the process of saving data to the network share.
The normal copy speed across the network, and between these 2 machines, is very fast. It's only when running Word/Excel that the problem manifests itself.
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Hi Martin,
Please first try to disable your antivirus software and check the issue again.
This issue may also occur if you use the Encrypting File System (EFS) to secure the Temporary Internet Files folder. If this is the situation, please refer to the following article and try to fix the issue:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/the_microsoft_excel_support_team_blog/archive/2014/05/05/slow-saving-of-office-files-to-a-network-server-using-efs.aspx
In addition, please check if the information in the following link applies:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313937/en-us
Please let me know the result.
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Problems opening MS Office 2013 files

I Have MS Office 365 2013 Version. But I have problems with opening files like word, powerpoint and excel. When ever I open the files, the corresponding one launches but the file does not open. Some times, even if the file opens (which is very rare), the
file stops responding in a minute or when ever I click enable editing. Please help me out with it.

Hello,
What if we choose to open files from File->Open->Computer instead of clicking the files directly?
This might be that Office applications are not associated properly. I would suggest you to do a repair of your Microsoft Office 365 and see what happens.
Follow these steps:
1.Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click
Programs and Features.
2.Click your Microsoft Office program, and then click Change.
3.Select Online Repair, and then click Repair.
Please have a try and feel free to post back with any findings/feedback.
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Cannot open Office 2013 Excel, Word, PPT Files on Network Share

Cannot open Office 2013 Excel, Word, PPT Files on Network Share
I am having a problem opening any Office 2013 file when it is located on a network drive. I immediately get the error:
"Microsoft Excel cannot open or save any more documents because there is not enough available memory or disk space.
. To make more memory available, close workbooks or programs you no longer need.
. To free disk space, delete files you no longer need from the disk you are saving to."
It only occurs when I try to access the file when it is stored on a network share. I cannot open any word, excel or PPT files located on my file shares.
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I have bing'd and google'd this extensively, and the only answers I come up with do not work, such as going into the DCOM config system and changing the user from interactive to launching user, or vice versa, or even using a specific user - mine
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Dear Evan,
If DCOM config solution did not work, I'd suggest narrow down the problem by trying to access another network share on another server, try to open an Office file there, do we still have the error? It could help us determine if the issue is on the client
machine or the server side.
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After i install office 2013 on new Win 8.1 Pro laptop , i can start in control panel mail 32 bit option to configure accounts...
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Event ID: 1000
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Faulting package full name:
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<Data>6.3.9600.16656</Data>
<Data>531812f4</Data>
<Data>c06d007e</Data>
<Data>00012c1a</Data>
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Can some answer why?
Fresh install, no errors in install at all
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Hi,
Rundll32.exe is responsible for calling Windows DLL (or Dynamic Link Library) files and loading them into your PC's memory.
Usually the rundll32.exe Application error is not a straight forward error. There are lots of possible reasons for this error, includes a failed or incorrect installation or uninstallation of any softwares, which might have left erroneous Windows registry
entries.
Tracking down the exact issue can take lots of investigation. The severity of this error really depends, if everything works well for you, you can just ignore it. However, if you want to correct this, try below steps:
Since you notice this error right after you installed Office 2013, try to remove and re-install it using default setting.
Reboot your computer, many programs require a reboot for successful installation.
Try to update your computer drivers. This is usually the cause of lots of .dll file error.
Try to run the System File Checker tool (SFC.exe) to correct any incorrect system file. It is a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833/en-us
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Deploying Normal.dotm through OCT doesn't work in Office 2013

I am trying to install a custom normal.dotm Word Template file with the initial install of Office 2013.
I am using the Office Customization Tool to create an automated install of Office 2013 in the exact same way I did in Office 2010.I am utilizing the Additional Content>Add Files & Additional Content>Remove Files sections to include a custom normal.dotm
file and place it in the [AppDataFolder]\Microsoft\Templates directory. (The remove files section runs first and removes the same file name before it installs the file I want.)
This works perfectly fine in Office 2010. After I complete the setup process using the customized Office 2013 files however, I get an error message in Microsoft Word that says "Sorry, we had trouble getting the featured templates and can't show them
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This is what i did to get it working as i wanted it.
I stripped out configuring the Language in the OCT tool
I added my customised normal.dotm with my customisations in OCT
I added the "MigrateNormalOnFirstBoot" registry key in OCT
I currently am creating an Office 2013 script using vbscript (.vbs file) for the purpose of installing either MSOffice 2013 x86 or x64 versions - i then added the creation of the following registry entry via the vbscript after the msoffice setup command
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- HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common\LanguageResources
- i created a DWORD key here called "InstallLanguage" with the value of the language i want Word to default to. In my case it was a value of "2057" for English UK.
With this combination i have a one click MSOffice 2013 script that installs MSOffice 2013 on either a 32bit or 64bit system.
I'm pretty sure you could leverage off a function in OCT to achieve the same as i have. Just a note - i did try to add the registry key first in OCT's "Add Registry entries" however this didn't work as it didn't create the registry keys before first
launching Word. Maybe you could also consider in OCT under SETUP \ Add Installations and Run Programs to run a .bat or reg to .exe file to achieve the same result.

Iphoto 11 changed default location for pictures

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How can I set the workgroup templates file location in Office 2013 to point at a folder stored on Sharepoint (2010/2013)?

Hi All,
Been doing quite a bit of research on this but drawn nothing but blanks or alternative suggestions, none of which are viable.
So the outline of the issue:
Deploying Office 2013 suite to organisation and wanting to have custom templates available for users to choose from, but want those templates to be centrally stored and managed on a SharePoint site.
In Word 2013, for example, when you create a new document, you are presented with a page to choose from 'Featured' templates (or blank document)
So, if you wanted to have custom corporate templates, you could modify the file location for work group templates, thus creating a Custom Office Templates folder locally on your PC.
Great. This means when you select 'New' in Word 2013 you can pick from the 'Featured' templates, or the 'Personal' templates area.
However, I have a collection of test corporate templates (for Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc). These are stored on a SharePoint site internally.
If I try to modify the work group templates location in Word 2013 to point towards my SharePoint site (or any HTTP address for that matter) it won't work.
I know that I could point it towards a Network Share location instead, but I don't want to do that.
Is there any way of getting it to point towards a SharePoint site, any way of modifying it? Or perhaps an even better solution that I could use?
Any help, thoughts or ideas would be massively appreciated! And forgive me if any of my logic is off, but it does seem like this should be a straight forward thing to do given that Office and SharePoint are both developed by Microsoft and you
would like to think they would inherently have better links!
NOTE: Going to Office 365 is also not an option either!
Eagerly awaiting an answer from someone incredibly clever!

Hi Tony,
Thanks for your response but this is not what I was looking for.
Those articles relate to setting a default template in a SharePoint document or form library.
I will try to be more concise.
What I want is:
(1) For users to be able to load MS Word 2013 on their laptops/desktops (connected to corporate Wireless/LAN)
(2) Once they have opened MS Word 2013, I want them to be able to choose a template from the welcome screen. (There are MS Word Defaults like 'Blank Document' or 'Cover Letter' etc)
I want to add a second tab which is called 'Personal' or 'Corporate'.
(3) MS Word 2013 allows you to create custom WORD templates and save them locally on your machine (either in the default location for templates, or a user-specified custom location (e.g. My Documents, Desktop etc).
(4) In advanced settings, there is an option to modify file locations. This is where you can point MS Word 2013 towards the folder (locally) that contains the personal templates that you have designed which you want to use.
(5) QUESTION: Is there a way to have lots of corporate WORD templates (perhaps one for Marketing, Sales, Procurement, Project etc) - Basically LOTS of different templates all stored in one location on SHAREPOINT, or in a SharePoint document
library. THEN... once those templates (documents) are stored on SharePoint,
IS THERE A WAY to go back into the advanced settings within MS WORD 2013 and modify the file location for templates so that it points towards the SharePoint document library?
I want all the templates to open in MS Word 2013, not within a browser, and I don't want users to have to go to SharePoint to find a template, I want it to be integrated into their local MS Word 2013 so they can choose a corporate template the moment they
load up MS Word 2013.
When I have tried to modify the custom file location for templates, I can only set it to an address locally on my machine, or a network address (mapped network drive).
However, I do not want the templates to be stored on a shared network folder, I want them to be in a SharePoint Document Library.
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Office 2013 - Is there a way to when installing that you can change the default save location without having to configure it within the client?

So, What I am trying to do is deploy Office 2013 throughout our company, and I do not want the users to save their business or personal files created within Office 2013 on the C: drive or Sky Drive. We have what is called the U: drive and I'd like to know
if there's a quick registry tweak that I can use to not only change the default location upon setting up a computer, but to deploy through Group Policy?
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I have our network pretty tight as to what or who can go where, and what not, I am just really for an answer or some help to the default location...anything you have GREATLY APPRECIATED!

You can use the OCT and/or domain Group Policy, to customise the Office experience and settings for your users:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee460874.aspx
Don
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Opening files through network location is not working in Office 2013

Dear Colleagues!
We have faced the following problem. On our Windows 7 Professional computers were installed Office 2013 Standard. softwares. As before we have defined network locations. After the step into the folder through the dfined network location
the Word and Excel do not open the files and the base Office 2013 screen appears with the icons. If we define a shortcut onto the desktop of the computer the same way and step into this folder through the mentioned shortcut the Word and Excel 2013 opens
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Thanks in advance your answers.
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Hi,
As per the description, I understand that your Office 2013 cannot open files through a network share directly.
I would like to know that how many clients/users are affected by this in your environment. It could be some specific user account settings, that the Office applications are being affected by.
I'd first suggest you try with a new Windows user profile, then verify result.
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What is the default file format for saving in MS Office 2013? Is it still the transitional OOXML or the ISO/IEC 29500 strict format?

As I have read, MS Office 2013 is able to read and write the ISO/IEC 29500 strict (standardized Office Open XML) file format. MS Office 2010 was only able to read the strict format and MS Office 2007 could neither read nor write the strict format. The
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My main question is what the default file format for saving in MS Office 2013 actually is? Is it still the transitional OOXML or the ISO/IEC 29500 strict format?
In case, MS Office still saves in the transitional standard by default, is it possible to set the strict standard in the settings? Is this recommended (I assume that OOXML strict is the future) to do this?
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Yes, the Transitional is still the default file format for saving in Office 2013, and we can modify this setting in Word Options, Save:
As Alex Brown covers in his
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I just upgraded my mac book to 10.6.8 and downloaded the new version of itunes. When I try to open it and error message appears saying, "The iTunes Library file cannot be found or created. The default location for this file is in the "iTunes" folder.

I just upgraded my mac book to 10.6.8 and downloaded the new version of itunes. When I try to open it and error message appears saying, "The iTunes Library file cannot be found or created. The default location for this file is in the "iTunes" folder in the "Music" folder."
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Office 2013 hangs when saving files to local profile locations on Windows 2012 server

We installed Office 2013 a few weeks ago instead of Office 2003 on a Windows 2012 standard terminal server. We installed the last updates and Office is up-to-date now, but we experience problems with saving word, excel and powerpoint documents when we start
a new/clean document. It's not possible to save our documents to the local profile (desktop, documents etc.), but it's no problem to save our stuff to a network share on a different server.
Word is not responding after pressing save or save as and after a few seconds we see the 'microsoft is looking for a solution and will restart microsoft word'.
We did a complete reinstall of Office 2013 and removed the old installation with the removal tool from the microsoft website, without luck. We have the same saving issues with Office 2010, so it's not an Office 2013 issue.
We were looking in the access/rights on the terminal server, because we thought that it was an access/rights issue. But unfortunately we have the same problem with an domain admin user.
I tried to disable DEP and my AVG 2012 antivirus, but this steps are also not the issue.
I'm looking for a solution and i'm working on this case for a few days now. It gives me a headache when i'm thinking about a clean installation of this server. So please contact me when you have a solution or a tip to solve this problems!
Thanks!

Hi,
In regarding of the issue, it may be caused a lot of reasons. Please check to see whether the following link is helpful:
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/313937/en-gb
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921541/en-gb?p=1
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/271513
Then Office hang when saving the file also may be caused by a printer installation.
Check to see the following link:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/the_microsoft_excel_support_team_blog/archive/2012/04/12/excel-hangs-or-becomes-unresponsive-when-saving-or-closing-a-workbook.aspx
If you could upload the event log, I'll do deeply
research.
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