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copied!<p>There are two places where you can find the last folder accessed by a user:</p> <ol> <li><code>Recent Files and Folders</code>: It can be found here: <code>C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Recent</code></li> <li><code>Registry</code>: In the registry to look here: <code>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32\OpenSaveMRU</code></li> </ol> <p>You can use this snippet to find it:</p> <pre><code>public static string GetLastOpenSaveFile(string extention) { RegistryKey regKey = Registry.CurrentUser; string lastUsedFolder = string.Empty; regKey = regKey.OpenSubKey("Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\ComDlg32\\OpenSaveMRU"); if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(extention)) extention = "html"; RegistryKey myKey = regKey.OpenSubKey(extention); if (myKey == null && regKey.GetSubKeyNames().Length > 0) myKey = regKey.OpenSubKey(regKey.GetSubKeyNames()[regKey.GetSubKeyNames().Length - 2]); if (myKey != null) { string[] names = myKey.GetValueNames(); if (names != null && names.Length > 0) { lastUsedFolder = (string)myKey.GetValue(names[names.Length - 2]); } } return lastUsedFolder; } </code></pre> <p>OR</p> <p>In windows XP when you press Save on a <code>SaveFileDialog</code> the directory where the file is saved, is set as the new current working directory (the one in <code>Environment.CurrentDirectory</code>).</p> <p>In this way, when you reopen the <code>FileDialog</code>, it is opened on the same directory as before.</p> <p>By setting <code>FileDialog.RestoreDirectory = true</code>, when you close the <code>FileDialog</code> the original working directory is restored.</p> <p>In Windows Vista/Seven the behavior is always as <code>FileDialog.RestoreDirectory = true</code>.</p>

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