Why is it that I always feel that my machine is plotting against me?

Yeah I know Windows will do that to you.

I take an insanely large amount of screenshots and manage images for my posts on a daily basis.

Perplexity website open in a browser

Some times it remembers the last place I browsed it over to and some times it doesn’t.

There is no good rhyme or reason to why it does what it does.

Some programs like Outlook initiate the file box to a suitable folder - so why don’t they all?

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Yeah there is a piece of software for that.

Let’s help you make use of it.

it’s possible for you to download the small 623kb file fromhere.

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It is compatible with Windows 2000 upwards, so that means XP, Vista and Seven friendly!

Before installing this tool this is what my normal file open dialogue box looks like, pretty plain eh?

How many of you actually useMy Documents?

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Do you really think your Desktop is a good place to store stuff?

Well I don’t!

At first glance this is what the GUI looks like.

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I pulled down the options next to the choices in the center of the screen.

They had a crap load of options but the last one was what I was looking for.

I don’t need all sorts of pre-defined folders to open up.

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I want my MUO folder and my ATA folder to be on my folder list for open file locations.

Is that so hard?

Actually it is not.

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It was very easy.

As easy as pulling down those menus and choosingcustom.

I pick the path and I was on my way.

After setting your options hit theSavekey.

This is what I see now after I hit test: