Tips & 

Windows 95 

Tricks

Works 4.0 & Exchange
 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Proofing Tools\Custom 
Dictionaries\1={path}\custom.dic

Try the following method to redirect Exchange to look at the Works Custom 
dictionary:

1. Click the Start button and then click Run.
2. Type regedit and click OK.
3. On the Registry menu, click Export Registry file, select All, type in a 
Name and choose Save to backup the registry (for safety).
4. On the Edit menu, click Find.
5. Type Custom.dic and click Find Next.

This should take you to the "My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Proofing 
Tools\Custom Dictionaries" key.
(Look at the status bar at the bottom of the Registry Editor window to know 
for sure.) If not, Click Edit, Find Next.

6. In this Custom Dictionaries Key, there should be an item with a name of "1" 

(without the quotes) that has the path to the custom dictionary. If not, 
choose Edit, New, String Value, and insert a string with a Name of 1. 
7. Then, Double-click the 1 and then type the correct path in the Value data 
box.

Normally, the correct path to the Works 4.0 custom dictionary is:

c:\program files\common files\Microsoft Shared\proof\custom.dic

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