Windows 10: How do I make Explorer remember last location, like Mac Finder?

Discus and support How do I make Explorer remember last location, like Mac Finder? in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; 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... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by tedbragg, Jul 24, 2017.

  1. TEDBRAGG
    tedbragg Win User

    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...

    :)
     
    tedbragg, Jul 24, 2017
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  2. 1215(2)
    1215(2) Win User

    File Explorer does not remember last desktop location in windows 10

    File Explorer does not remember or restore a previously open window in windows 10. For example: when I click on THIS PC, file explorer opens a window to display computer contents on the left side of my desktop. If I slide the open window to the right
    side of the desktop then close it, it seems the system does not record the last location because when I click on THIS PC once again, file explorer opens a window on the left rather than the right where I had it open the last time. In previous Windows versions,
    file explorer always remembered the last location although it does remember the size of the open window. Is there a way to change this in Windows 10 or is this a bug that needs fixing?
     
    1215(2), Jul 24, 2017
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  3. RUSTYTNT
    rustyTNT Win User
    Uploading Files

    Hi, I don't even know how to ask the question properly; but when I am on Chrome, and I upload files (for example photos to a free photo hosting site), after I have opened the first file location and selected it to upload, the computer remembers. When I
    upload the next file, it remembers where the last one was, and goes there first. This saves a lot of time going through all the file locations first.

    But on internet explorer, every single time it defaults to the start of the file tree and every time, I have to wade through it to the file location that I saved the files to.

    Is there a way to make IE remember where I last opened an uploaded file from? It is very annoying as a work programme only runs on IE (wont run on chrome any more due to no Silverlight support).

    Thanks in advance
     
    rustyTNT, Jul 24, 2017
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  4. DALCHINA
    dalchina New Member

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

    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.

    How do I make Explorer remember last location, like Mac Finder? [​IMG]

    Background - explorer
    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

    How do I make Explorer remember last location, like Mac Finder? [​IMG]
     
    dalchina, Jul 24, 2017
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