Get current Photoshop folder

Question

Is there a way to get the current folder that is used by Photoshop via scripting? ie if you were to go to the save dialog - what folder would it show? $activePhotoshopFolder That one! (I made that up, BTW) And secondly is possible to change it? If you create a new document then try to assign a path (without saving it)var srcDoc = app.activeDocument;
app.activeDocument.path = sourceFolder;
alert(app.activeDocument.path);Error: 8103: The document has not been saved. Chicken meet Egg. Egg meet Chicken. Why am I doing this? I want to change the folder path without having to pop up a dialog "Do you want to save the file?" at the end script and then saving to the new folder. - Does that make sense?

Lumigraphics · Accepted Answer

Photoshop keeps track of the folder you last saved a file to. That's what I'm after.app.recentFiles

Stephen Marsh · Answer

@Ghoul Fool – I have been known to set a path variable in a try/catch block:

try {
    // Use the previously saved path
    var docPath = activeDocument.path;
} catch (e) {
    // If unsaved, prompt for the save directory
    var docPath = Folder.selectDialog("Unsaved base file, select the output folder:");
}

The unsaved catch could be asking the user to select a folder, or a preset folder such as the ~/Desktop could be used if no interaction is required.

In the Save code which comes later, the docPath variable is then used, usually along with another variable for the docName which has had the existing filename extension removed so that a new hard-coded extension string can be added:

new File(docPath + "/" + docName + ".jpg"));

A working example here:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/save-as-jpeg-again/td-p/12650865

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