How to save new (!) documents always in D:\data\ ? (And not in most recent directory)

Claudia Svenson

Assume I create a new (!) file and write something into it.

Then I want to save it into the directory D:\data
So I click on menu
File—>Save as…
and the windows 10 file selection dialog shows me either the most recently used directory are a completely arbitrary directory.

I have to navigate with a dozend of clicks to the desired target directory
D:\data
very uncomfortable and annoying.

How can I tell NP++ to ALWAYS offer me as default save directory D:\data\

Of course if I load an existing file and edit something then the source directory should be offered at first.

Alan Kilborn

@Claudia-Svenson

You can pick only ONE:

If you pick the bottom one, that’s where you’d add your D:\data

I have to navigate with a dozend of clicks to the desired target directory D:\data

Or, just type into the box the SaveAs dialog is offering you: d:\data\myfile.txt

guy038

Hello, @claudia-svenson, @alan-kilborn and All,

@alan-kilborn,the classical solution that you proposed as well as the work-around to simply write D:\Data\file.txt are correct.

However, choosing a specific directory to follow ( third choice ) will apply to, both, saved or unsaved files !

To my mind, @claudia-svenson would like this kind of dialog in Preferences... > Default Directory > Default Directory (Open/Save) :


    (•) Follow current document

    (•) Remember last used directory

    (•) Directory for Saved files  with a FIRST field and the ... button

    (•) Directory for Unsaved files  with A SECOND field and the ... button

Personally, I would like this new behavior. So the @claudia-svenson’s D:\Data directory would look as a folder containing various saved notes and usual material that you could refer to, at any moment !

Of course, if you do not choose the options 1 or 2, the 3 option would be mandatory and if the 4 option was empty, it would use, by default, the directory of the 3 optiuon.

But, may be it’s not the true need of @claudia-svenson or my reasoning is perhaps very week in that matter ?

Best Regards,

guy038