Where Did my File Go?

JM
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JImmy_Mas
Mar 14, 2008
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Why is it that every time I sit down for a session with my Adobe products, it seems that I am searching my computer many many times for where Adobe stores my files.

For example, if in Photoshop and I Save for Web and Devices, the default directory is some god awful place on the other side of the world. If I am somewhere else in Bridge or Indesign and I, god forbid, click one of the up-arrows, it DOES NOT TAKE ME TO THE NEXT LEVEL UP IN THE DIRECTORY TREE, as any sane user interface would, it takes me to Africa or Bangladesh. Or did I die and go to the bad place? That’s how this idiotic interface makes you feel.

You would think that Adobe, with all of its quality and bank, would get rid of the old geezer who must be in control of this part of the application, that old guy from the 70’s who has been staring at computers too long, drinking too much coffee, you know the brain dead guy who is causing this nightmare for the ENTIRE WORLD!

Please fix the way your applications store files! I am sick of having to search my hard drives for the graphic files I work so hard on.

Please.

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Michael_D_Sullivan
Mar 14, 2008
The default directory in Save for Web is the same directory you last saved in from Save for Web. It’s unaffected by your navigation in other open or save dialogs and also unaffected by Bridge or other applications. This is as it should be, in my opinion. I use a standardized location for files destined for the web.
JJ
John_Joslin
Mar 14, 2008
Adobe doesn’t store your files, you do!

If you can’t understand how the save dialogs work (they are from the OS not Adobe) there’s little hope.
DM
dave_milbut
Mar 15, 2008
the default directory is some god awful place on the other side of the world.

aka "my documents" or if not, it’s the last place you saved to. john’s right. pay attention. it’s not some "god awful place" is WHERE YOU CHOSE TO PUT THEM.

I am sick of having to search my hard drives for the graphic files I work so hard on.

then create a folder name you can remember like c:\jimmy. every time you save a file go there. every time you want to open a file, go there.
RK
Rob_Keijzer
Mar 15, 2008
I Suppose this wont get posted in the forum. Instead it will appear in TimBuck2

You seem to suffer from the " It’s-not-me,-but-Them-that-take-the-steps-that-influence-my- life "-syndrome..

Rob
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John_O_Connor
Mar 15, 2008
You would think that Adobe, with all of its quality and bank, would get rid of the old geezer who must be in control of this part of the application, that old guy from the 70’s who has been staring at computers too long, drinking too much coffee, …

I think the "old geezer" is in Microsoft or Apple, and maybe he should be continue drinking coffee.

you know the brain dead guy who is causing this nightmare for the ENTIRE WORLD!

This "ENTIRE WORLD", that you refer to, has very few inhabitants judging by their lack of posting in these forums. (although I think that the 70’s brain dead guy would correct that to fora).

On a serious note, have you used the operating system’s browser and noted that its behaviour is exactly what you get in the Photoshop browser window?

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