Not Remembering Last Used Export Location

[MisterAdvent]

Steps to reproduce:
    1. ...Set up a project to export. Choose project folder

2. Export (without using Media Encoder)

3. Discover something wrong and go to re-render 

4. Export

5. Can't find file where expected
Result: ... Turns out the exporter went to the last project folder opened, not the current one. File is in the wrong folder
Expected: ...Not to have to change folder each time you go to export something
 

NOTE: Preferred action would be to automatically save renders to the current project folder.

System info
    Application: Premiere Pro (Beta) v23.1.0.39
    OS: Windows v10.0.22621, RAM: 63.80 GB GB, CPUs (logical): 16

[Stan Jones]

I was going to say that I couldn't replicate, but I see now I misread part of what you said. BTW, I am still in Build 33 (22.3.0).

The expected behavior is for the export dialogue to show the folder last exported to. I find that it now does that even if you don't export; just change it to a different folder, and even if you go back to Edit mode and don't export, the next export starts from the folder you changed it to.

I see no preferences to set the Export folder in the Scratch disk settings, or otherwise to tell it to follow the Project Folder.

I never export to the project folder; always to an Export folder inside the project folder. So I wouldn't want a default to the last project folder opened. No obection to a preference setting.

Stan

[Marketing5C43]

Same here. Annoying as hell. Devs. please fix this before addind unncecessary AI stuff we all hate!

[SundayGladiator]

It's November 20, 2025..

And Premiere Pro STILL DOES NOT REMEMBER where I exported my last file to.

It continues to default to a nebulous '/Documents' folder. 🙄

Fix this Premiere Dev Team. 🙏

Signed, Exasperated Premiere User

Ps: Premiere v25.5.0 (Build 13) Mac

[Bruce Bullis]

I'm seeing different behavior, in the current (25.6) release, and current (26.0) beta.

1. Launch PPro.
2. Open project containing some sequence.
3. Export sequence.
4. In Export pane, select a new Location (output destination); I created a new directory, "OutputDir", on my Desktop.
5. Successfully export.
6. Close PPro.
7. Open PPro
8. Open (or create) a project containing some entirely different sequence.
9. Export sequence.
   
   Result: The Location (output directory) specified in the Export pane, is "OutputDir", the last directory to which I successfully exported.