Some versions of Word for Windows allow you to choose which bibliography file you want to use for your sources from the Manage Sources screen. If so, you can name your bibliography files anything you like. You do not have to rename the one you want to use to Sources.xml. For other versions of Word for Windows, and for Word for the Mac, you must rename the file you want to use Sources.xml, and it must be in the default directory.
You MUST create a least one bibliographic entry in Word manually, or you will not have a Sources.xml file. Once you have done this, on Windows, your Sources.xml file may be located here:
c:/Users/E/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Bibliography/Sources.xmlHowever, note that bcause AppData is probably hidden, it will not appear in a File Explorer listing. Instead, you might have to type this string into File Explorer's address bar manually.
You can search for your Sources.xml file using file name search in File Explorer.
Once you have located the secret directory where Word is looking for your Sources.xml file, you will make your life a lot easier if you create a symbolic link to that directory. In a Windows command window, running as Administrator, from your home directory:
> cd ~ [<-- does not always work to get you to your home directory] > mklink /D MyBib "c:/Users/E/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Bibliography/"At this point, you should see the MyBib directory appear in File Explorer as a symbolically linked directory and you can also directly change to it from within a command window:
> cd MyBib [<--assumes starting in your home directory] > Dir Sources.xmlYou can delete the symbolic link the same as you delete a directory using File Explorer. It will only delete the link, but not the target directory (as long as you don't use the /H flag!!). If you want help for the Windows command shell, use, e.g.:
> Help mklinkRefer to How to Create Symbolic Links