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Todd_Morgan
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September 4, 2026
Question

ADOBE - FIX the way RECENT FILES on the welcome screen works regarding saving that file??

  • September 4, 2026
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ADOBE PLEASE FIX THIS AS IT IS A PITA!!!!!!!!! DOES ANYONE HAVE THIS PROBLEM???

 

So I open a file through either Recent or from selecting a file on the Welcome screen when I open AE… and make edits, do work, and save this file with new filename date (which is how I work - new day sees update file with _Sep4 (today)) so that I have daily backups, and go to save it, and it saves into the last folder I had used from a previous different client job. If I am not paying attention because I ASSUME WHEN I OPEN THE FILE THROUGH THE WELCOME SCREEN OR THAT HOME SCREEN WHERE IT LISTS LATEST/RECENT FILES THAT IT WOULD KNOW WHERE THAT FILE CAME FROM, BUT NO. 

This has been a PITA for years now. PLEASE FIX!

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    Warren Heaton
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 27, 2026

    Hi, ​@Todd_Morgan:

    It would be nice to have this as something we don’t have to configure ahead of time.

    Drop the attached ExtendScript into the Scripts folder next to the Adobe After Effects 2026 application/executable and then map a keyboard shortcut to it.

    Command + Shift + S can be remapped to it.  On Mac, I use Control + S for it.

     

     

     

     - Warren