Windows 10: How do I stop "Save as" window from remembering last used location?

Each time I use save as in a browser I use save as again and it remembers the last saved location.Just to be ultra clear: I'm NOT talking about the default download location for browers like Firefox, I'm talking about Windows Save as window always remembering the last folder which was saved in for enxt time.I'm also NOT talking about changing the drive which files are saved to.Even if it's a registry change I don't mind, I just need a solution to this.

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applications do not remember previous save locations

Hi Clifferton,

Based on the details that you have provided, there is a way for you to determine whether the save location issue is program-related or due to the Windows 10 upgrade. To help you isolate it, we suggest testing other programs or apps and see if the previous
save location shows when saving files. If the issue only happens with a specific program, then we encourage you contact the manufacturer for better guidance about their product.

If the the issue also happens to other programs or apps, we would appreciate if you can provide us additional details to help us provide the appropriate solution: Kindly answer the following:

• What build and version of Windows 10 are you using?
• Aside from upgrading, have you also made any recent changes to your PC?
• What troubleshooting steps have you tried so far?

We hope to hear from you soon.

 

MS Paint "Save as" location is NOT the file source location


Hi,

In Windows 8.1 (and as far as I can remember in all previous Windows versions) I used to be able to do the following:

• In Windows Explorer: Open a .jpg file from anywhere in my file system, by right mouse clicking and choosing "edit"
• After editing: "Save as" (press F12) and save the edited file IN ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION but under a different name.

Now, in Windows 10, the situation is different:

• In Windows Explorer I open a .jpg file from anywhere in my file system by right mouse clicking and choosing "edit"
• After editing: "Save as" (F12) opens a dialogue box that suggests I save the file, NOT in its original location, but in a location that is either the default "pictures" directory or the directory that was previously used as a "save as" location in Paint (these locations are stored in the registry key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint\Recent File List")

Now I'd like very much to get the old, Windows 8 type situation back because this does not work for me! It's very inconvenient to have to scroll and click my way through the "save as" dialogue box until I finally find the directory where the edited file was stored in the first place! Why o why does Windows not remember this location?
I've searched through the internet but it seems nobody else has this problem. I've searched the registry for the word "paint" but was not able to find a setting that would suggest to have some influence on the default saving location of Paint.

Can someone please, please help me? It's driving me nuts! And it's sooo frustrating knowing that it used to work like a charm in WIN8.1 and before.

To clarify the difficulty I experience I perhaps should add that the jpg files I most frequently edit are located on shares on my NAS in paths such as:
M:\1_KLAS\Bach\Kerk\Jos van Veldhoven\Matthäus Passion, BWV 244 (24-88 2010)\scans\001.jpg
As you can see, that's buried quite deeply into the file system! And so it costs all the more time and effort to find my way back from the previously edited jpg, say:
M:\1_KLAS\Bruckner\Orkest\Chailly\Symfonie Nr.6 & Wolf - 4 Goethe Lieder (Goerne, KCO)\scans\001.jpg

P.S. I read somewhere that the "save as" dialogue boxes for Paint and Notepad should be basically the same. But... when I use Notepad to edit some txt file and afterwards use the "save as" option, it does direct me to the original location of the edited file, just as it used to do in Windows 8.1! That tells me that it should still be possible to get the old "save as" behaviour back for Paint. (Or am I being too optimistic here?)
P.P.S. F12 does not work anymore in Notepad. You have to go through the menu "File" -> "Save as..." That's also a pain in the ass

Which registry key will do the trick for me?

 

Maps, while route search to grab location from saved locations

Hello,

We understand that you want to get your start or destination point from your Saved location. Maps only allows to set the saved locations or favorites as your destination point from your current location by going to
Favorites (star icon) > Select your
saved location > Directions. If you want to add your concern as a suggestion, you can send it using
Feedback Hub app. You can use this app on Windows 10 Mobile to let our engineers know about your feedback and suggestions. To send a feedback, you can follow the steps below:

1. Go to All apps, search for the Feedback
   Hub app.
2. Open the Menu icon what the top left side.
3. Select Feedback, then tap the Add button
   (+) what the top right side.
4. Select Suggestion and provide the details needed in the box.
   
5. Select the right category and then submit.

We're here if you have any questions.