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

use the saveFileDialog.InitialDirectory property as follows:

Stream stream;
SaveFileDialog saveFileDialog = new SaveFileDialog();

saveFileDialog.Filter = "dat files (*.dat)|*.dat|All files (*.*)|*.*";
saveFileDialog.FilterIndex = 1;
saveFileDialog.RestoreDirectory = true;
saveFileDialog.InitialDirectory = @"D:\Data\...\foldername\";
saveFileDialog.ShowDialog();

if (!saveFileDialog.FileName.Equals(string.Empty))
    Console.WriteLine(saveFileDialog.FileName);