/t5/acrobat-discussions/default-save-location-in-dc/td-p/7194478May 18, 2015
May 18, 2015
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I really like the new DC interface, but whoever came up with the save file dialog box and whoever approved it need to be taken to the woodshed. I understand you're trying to promote the cloud but making your customers work harder for your convenience isn't a business model. Please provide a way to change the default save location. Please don't be lazy and tell me to put a shortcut in the My Documents folder. An hour or so of programming on your part would save your customers countless extra clicks. You're a good company. A great company would think of their customers first. Be great!
/t5/acrobat-discussions/default-save-location-in-dc/m-p/7194479#M21602May 25, 2015
May 25, 2015
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Hi rickhino,
There is a preference in the Preferences dialog box of Acrobat/Reader that brings back your default Save dialog box. Press [Ctrl/Cmd]+K, Select "General" on the left rail. On the right you'll see a checkbox saying "Show online storage while saving files". Check that off. You'll get your default Save dialog box. Is that what you wanted? Or there is something else too?
This fixed my problem. I've been annoyed with this for ages, and finally decided to search the internet for a solution. Your works perfectly, and now my work flow is no longer annoying and terrible.
/t5/acrobat-discussions/default-save-location-in-dc/m-p/7194479#M21602May 25, 2015
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Hi rickhino,
There is a preference in the Preferences dialog box of Acrobat/Reader that brings back your default Save dialog box. Press [Ctrl/Cmd]+K, Select "General" on the left rail. On the right you'll see a checkbox saying "Show online storage while saving files". Check that off. You'll get your default Save dialog box. Is that what you wanted? Or there is something else too?
There is not a way yet to mark any folder as the default save/open location. However, if you are operating from a single folder to open/save files then that folder will be the topmost one in the recent folders list in My Computer tab.
thank goodness rickhino asked the question (May 18, 2015). thx for the answer MohitBansal.
i've put-up with that silly interface for 2 yrs or so. lazy me.
why so many firms (apple, msft, adobe, etc) are now pushing (coding to opush us to) the cloud is so silly and opportunistic. America doesnt have bandwidth too, right?
my point: thank you rickhino & MohitBansal. yup, i have my nomal interface back!
My problem was that when I save a pdf from an email, \Temp was always my first choice on the recent folders list. I did the fix, but now my save as/recent folders list is gone. It defaults to the last folder I saved a file in.
I have tried this solution but even after unchecking the"Show online storage while saving files" box it still opens the window to select the destination. Any other ideas?
Key to this (should be obvious but took me a couple of tries) is to click "Okay" or "Save changes" at the bottom of the preferences window--it's a huge pane so you have to scroll down. The program doesn't allow you to resize that window like every normal Windows program does, so that was a bit of a gotcha.
Also, this still leaves a major inconvenience even though it's an improvement. Everytime I go to save a downloaded file from a Web site, the Save As... location is temporary files instead of the directory into which I've navigated umpteen times with prior download files. Again, a normal Windows program remembers where you last saved to but apparently that's not how Adobe rolls.
This fixed my problem. I've been annoyed with this for ages, and finally decided to search the internet for a solution. Your works perfectly, and now my work flow is no longer annoying and terrible.
/t5/acrobat-discussions/default-save-location-in-dc/m-p/7194482#M21605Nov 01, 2015
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I don’t understand why there is no option to plainly override the file in the My Computer tab of this dialog. What’s more, Choose a Different Folder… defaults to the documents folder (not the folder where the file is located), which feels counter-intuitive. And finally, as far as I know, there is already another dialog to save files to the cloud, why clutter this one at all?
The folder where is the file is located is the topmost location in the recent folders list. That is the reason why the "Choose a different folder..." default to documents folder and the one where the file is located. I don't think there is any other dialog to save files to the cloud.
1. The problem is it's not always true. When the file path is long, the recent folder is not there (tried with a path that is 94 characters long using the latest Windows version).
2. Unfortunately, to override a file this new dialog requires one click more than the old one.
The problem, IMO, is that Adobe is more concerned about promoting their cloud service than making user-friendly programming choices. It's too bad really. They're bound to lose customers when they put the needs of the product promotion team and the IT department ahead of their user's needs.
Programming since the early 90's I remember the excitement in the programming world in 2000 when we jumped from 56.6 modem to HSI via cable. Fancy things appeared on web sites and cloud software. The only problem was 90% of the country was still on dial up. The calls started coming in that the software did not work. All of the fancy took to long to load.
I put a sign above my desk the summer of 2000 that is still there.
Just Because You Can Does Not Mean You Should. Does moving the icons around make it better or annoying for the client.
I wish corporate programmers would follow Terry's First Law of Programming.
/t5/acrobat-discussions/default-save-location-in-dc/m-p/7194487#M21610Nov 17, 2015
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Hi vq,
Sorry for the inconvenience caused to you. While trying to reproduce the issue internally, we were able to save files which have a path length of more than 94 characters and it was also getting reflected on the recent folders. Kindly help us in identifying the problem better by providing the following details:
1. Are you using Reader or Acrobat? Kindly specify the product version as well. To do so, Go to Help --> About Acrobat Reader/Pro DC.
2. When you were trying with a long file path, were you actually able to save the file? Can you please share the absolute file path.
1. Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, 2015 Release, Version 2015.009.20077
2. Yes, I can still save the file by selecting Choose a Different Folder... and then manually navigating to the folder I need to save it. The path is: C:\Users\Vadim\AppData\Roaming\Zotero\Zotero\Profiles\flujmstd.default\zotero\storage\WDKTB8UV
(Note: there must be no space after WDK at the end, the forum adds it for some reason.)
The initial problem has not been answered, no matter what the dialog says. I have to load ca 15 files/hour from a website, edit them and save them all in the same folder on my computer. DC defaults every time to save in the temporary download folder. A real everyday pain - an absolutely unnecessary "improvement".
How do I choose a default folder rather than go through a convoluted menu of choices to change the save folder, every time, all day, every day?
I have the same problem. I have unchecked the "show online storage" box but I still do not get an option to save to recent folder. no matter what I do every document I try to save goes to a default folder that is drilled down deep and I can not change the default location or figure out how to get it to prompt me to save in a recent folder. I had no problems with this function in the previous version. Here is the location it defaults to:
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