Mike --

I changed the registry entry for the Custom.dic to my F: drive and then
rebooted. Word97 recognizes this change. However, OE6 does not. It still
opens the Custom.dic at C:\Documents and settings\Don Culp\Application
data\Microsoft\Proof. If I delete this Custom.dic then when OE6 restarts it
just recreates Custom.dic at the same location but without any entries.

From: "Michael Santovec"
Subject: Custom.dic - moving and sharing
Date: Monday, May 12, 2008 9:48 PM

It's possible the have them share a common Custom.dic. The registry
says where it is located.

See: Spell Checker or Custom Dictionary Errors
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=178238



--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"Don Culp" wrote in message
...
Is there any way to move OE6's Custom.dic dictionary from its default
folder to another folder? Of course, OE6 would have to recognize the
new folder.

Since MS Office also uses a Custom.dic, can OE6 and MS Office share
the same Custom.dic without interfering with each other?

Thanks,
Don Culp

I took another look at that article. It shows the key as under

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Proofing Tools\Custom
Dictionaries

I looked at my PC and the key is under HKEY_CURRENT_USER

Which key did you change?

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"Don Culp" wrote in message
...
Mike --

I changed the registry entry for the Custom.dic to my F: drive and
then rebooted. Word97 recognizes this change. However, OE6 does not.
It still opens the Custom.dic at C:\Documents and settings\Don
Culp\Application data\Microsoft\Proof. If I delete this Custom.dic
then when OE6 restarts it just recreates Custom.dic at the same
location but without any entries.

From: "Michael Santovec"
Subject: Custom.dic - moving and sharing
Date: Monday, May 12, 2008 9:48 PM

It's possible the have them share a common Custom.dic. The registry
says where it is located.

See: Spell Checker or Custom Dictionary Errors
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=178238



--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"Don Culp" wrote in message
...
Is there any way to move OE6's Custom.dic dictionary from its default
folder to another folder? Of course, OE6 would have to recognize the
new folder.

Since MS Office also uses a Custom.dic, can OE6 and MS Office share
the same Custom.dic without interfering with each other?

Thanks,
Don Culp

Mike --

In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE the data value is "F:\Dictionary
(Microsoft)\CUSTOM.DIC"
(without the quotes). This is my changed value.

In HKEY_CURRENT_USER the data value is just given as CUSTOM.DIC without a
path. I have not changed this.

"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
I took another look at that article. It shows the key as under

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Proofing Tools\Custom
Dictionaries

I looked at my PC and the key is under HKEY_CURRENT_USER

Which key did you change?

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"Don Culp" wrote in message
...
Mike --

I changed the registry entry for the Custom.dic to my F: drive and then
rebooted. Word97 recognizes this change. However, OE6 does not. It still
opens the Custom.dic at C:\Documents and settings\Don Culp\Application
data\Microsoft\Proof. If I delete this Custom.dic then when OE6 restarts
it just recreates Custom.dic at the same location but without any
entries.

From: "Michael Santovec"
Subject: Custom.dic - moving and sharing
Date: Monday, May 12, 2008 9:48 PM

It's possible the have them share a common Custom.dic. The registry
says where it is located.

See: Spell Checker or Custom Dictionary Errors
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=178238



--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"Don Culp" wrote in message
...
Is there any way to move OE6's Custom.dic dictionary from its default
folder to another folder? Of course, OE6 would have to recognize the
new folder.

Since MS Office also uses a Custom.dic, can OE6 and MS Office share
the same Custom.dic without interfering with each other?

Thanks,
Don Culp

You might try changing HKEY_CURRENT_USER one.

I've just got mine at the default settings and OE, MS Word and MS Works
all use the same file. It's at the default location that OE is using,
I haven't tried changing it.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"Don Culp" wrote in message
...
Mike --

In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE the data value is "F:\Dictionary
(Microsoft)\CUSTOM.DIC"
(without the quotes). This is my changed value.

In HKEY_CURRENT_USER the data value is just given as CUSTOM.DIC
without a
path. I have not changed this.

"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
I took another look at that article. It shows the key as under

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Proofing
Tools\Custom
Dictionaries

I looked at my PC and the key is under HKEY_CURRENT_USER

Which key did you change?

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"Don Culp" wrote in message
...
Mike --

I changed the registry entry for the Custom.dic to my F: drive and
then
rebooted. Word97 recognizes this change. However, OE6 does not. It
still
opens the Custom.dic at C:\Documents and settings\Don
Culp\Application
data\Microsoft\Proof. If I delete this Custom.dic then when OE6
restarts
it just recreates Custom.dic at the same location but without any
entries.

From: "Michael Santovec"
Subject: Custom.dic - moving and sharing
Date: Monday, May 12, 2008 9:48 PM

It's possible the have them share a common Custom.dic. The registry
says where it is located.

See: Spell Checker or Custom Dictionary Errors
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=178238



--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"Don Culp" wrote in message
...
Is there any way to move OE6's Custom.dic dictionary from its
default
folder to another folder? Of course, OE6 would have to recognize
the
new folder.

Since MS Office also uses a Custom.dic, can OE6 and MS Office share
the same Custom.dic without interfering with each other?

Thanks,
Don Culp

Mike --

This solved the problem.

Thanks.
Don Culp

"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
You might try changing HKEY_CURRENT_USER one.

I've just got mine at the default settings and OE, MS Word and MS Works
all use the same file. It's at the default location that OE is using, I
haven't tried changing it.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"Don Culp" wrote in message
...
Mike --

In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE the data value is "F:\Dictionary
(Microsoft)\CUSTOM.DIC"
(without the quotes). This is my changed value.

In HKEY_CURRENT_USER the data value is just given as CUSTOM.DIC without a
path. I have not changed this.

You are welcome and thanks for posting back.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"Don Culp" wrote in message
...
Mike --

This solved the problem.

Thanks.
Don Culp

"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
You might try changing HKEY_CURRENT_USER one.

I've just got mine at the default settings and OE, MS Word and MS
Works all use the same file. It's at the default location that OE is
using, I haven't tried changing it.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"Don Culp" wrote in message
...
Mike --

In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE the data value is "F:\Dictionary
(Microsoft)\CUSTOM.DIC"
(without the quotes). This is my changed value.

In HKEY_CURRENT_USER the data value is just given as CUSTOM.DIC
without a
path. I have not changed this.