Microsoft Office 2003: These dialog boxes look almost exactly like the standard XP ones, but you have to customize them separately. Luckily, they’re easier to customize than XP’s. Open a File ...

Use a Keyboard Shortcut to Open Run . The easiest and quickest way to launch Run on Windows 11 is by using a keyboard shortcut.This opens the dialog box in a second.

This happens in Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc. My mapped drives are all active. This quirk doesn't appear in any other dialog which browses the filesystem such as Save As or Insert Picture.