Setting the initial directory of an SaveFileDialog?

Question

I\'d like a SaveFileDialog with the following behavior:

• The first time you open it, it goes to \"My Documents\".

• Afterwards, it goes to the

Answer 1

Just wanted to weigh in on this discussion (a couple of years too late) as I had exact problem too. Even though one is led to believe that this behavior - i.e using a default path the first time and then the previous selected path after that - can be achieved by using openFileDialog's properties and functions, one simply can't (per now)!

One could change the working directory to the desired default path (e.g. Environment.CurrentDirectory = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal);) but some framework, like Unity, doesn't like this very much and terminates.

Because of this I ended up with this code:

private bool firstDialogOpened = true;

public void BrowseFiles()
{
    OpenFileDialog openFileDialog = new OpenFileDialog();
    openFileDialog.Filter = "Model files (*.obj)|*.obj|All files (*.*)|*.*";
    openFileDialog.FilterIndex = 1;

    if (firstDialogOpened)
    {
        openFileDialog.InitialDirectory = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal);
        firstDialogOpened = false;
    }

    if (openFileDialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
        filepath.text = openFileDialog.FileName;
}

This gives the desired behavior for me, although I would have loved a more elegant solution.