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xxTxxBala
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July 23, 2010
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Photoshop setting default save location?

  • July 23, 2010
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I'm setting up a networked Windows XP computer with Photoshop CS5 but I can't seem to find a way to set a default location for files to be saved. I would like to have it so that when a user goes to "save as" it directs the user to a specific folder and not just the general C: drive. Does anyone know how I can do this ? I can't seem to find the option in Photoshop. Thanks.

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      Anonymous
      July 23, 2010

      It's an OS thing.


      And be aware you may have problems if the destination is on a network drive.

      Sunriver61
      Sunriver61
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      September 17, 2019
      No, it's not an "OS" thing. If you don't know don't post wrong information. This should be a setting in Photoshop or a command line switch.
      marko16151298
      marko16151298
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      May 23, 2022

      Oh awesome - so if you posted this, then you must know!  Feel free to enlighten me on which setting that would be in Photoshop, Sunriver61?  🙂 


      Most software has an option to set a default folder location for saving files. At the operating system level, there does exist a "default" folder for saving user documents (so that lazy software programs don't save files to the root folder of the C: drive).  In MacOS, that is the "Documents" folder.

       

      For a lot of professional workflows, people prefer to set their file save locations, so that they don't have to click-click-click-click to save project files to a preferred location every time they want to save a new asset.

       

      As an example, Chrome has the option to change where downloads go.  By default, the operating system does have a default location, (on MacOS, the "Downloads" folder). However, Chrome has an option to change this under Preferences. Specifically, Preferences > Advanced > Downloads > Location.

       

      For Photoshop and Illustrator, the option to assign a default save folder should exist in Preferences > File Handling, but it does not.  To ask the user to change the operating system's default location on their entire system, for all programs on their entire computer, is not a realistic solution to the problem.

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