How do I make Explorer remember last location, like Mac Finder?  


  1. tedbragg
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    How do I make Explorer remember last location, like Mac Finder?


    On Macs, once you open or save a file in a location, no matter which app you switch over to, when you go to open or save in THAt one, it'll point you back to your last used folder. This saves me a LOT of time, especially when it's a deep sub-folder on a network share.

    How do I make Explorer do the same? This was once possible in XP and 98se, but I cannot figure out how to enable this in 7 or 10...
    Last edited by tedbragg; 25 Jul 2017 at 11:52. Reason: already posted, no solution. sorry.
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  2. dalchina
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    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
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    Hi, this is one reason why I use a 3rd party add-on- which offers Recent Folders and Favourite Folders in almost every relevant context - including universal apps.

    The red arrows point to the Recent Folders added buttons.
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    Foreground - Open/Save dialogue for WPS Writer.

    * = Favourites, Pin = 'on top'. (There are more options)

    This program is Actual Window Manager (there are cheaper programs by Actual - basically a subset of Actual Window Manager). I got this 'free' via the Trialpay scheme.

    Explorer offers
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