# Set default folder for File, Open ?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/set-default-folder-for-file-open/1160
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [January 21, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/set-default-folder-for-file-open/1160 "2019-01-21T23:34:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Dr\_Nefario](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dr\_Nefario](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Dr_Nefario)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/set-default-folder-for-file-open/1160/1 "2019-01-21T23:34:24Z")

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Is it possible to set a default folder for File, Open command ?  
If not, I would suggest an option in Settings to do this.

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### Author: ![wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/set-default-folder-for-file-open/1160/2 "2019-01-21T23:40:02Z")

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Hi Dr\_Nefario,  
I don’t know how to set a default folder for File/ Open, however I do have a question. When you open ParaView, File/ Open will be wherever you were when you ran ParaView. You then will have the last 5 directories you opened, in the lower left corner of the File Open dialog. Further, once you open a dataset once, that will become the default location for subsequent file open’s, until you restart ParaView again. Would adding a default folder location add that much functionality?

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### Author: ![Dr\_Nefario](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dr\_Nefario](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Dr_Nefario)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/set-default-folder-for-file-open/1160/3 "2019-01-24T19:21:23Z")

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Thank you Walter. I am a new user and was unaware of the lower left corner of the Open File dialog. I tried it out and it works for me. 🙂

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### Author: ![ShogunHirei](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@ShogunHirei](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ShogunHirei)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/set-default-folder-for-file-open/1160/4 "2020-05-11T16:00:21Z")

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Hi all!

I’m interested in this funcionality. I have multiple data folders, usualy in locations that differ from where I run Paraview, Is there some way to add usually accessed folder or path to the File/Open? (in paraview 5.6, for example)

Kind regards,  
Shogun.

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2020, 5:21am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/set-default-folder-for-file-open/1160/5 "2020-05-13T05:21:49Z")

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I don’t think that is possible. Feel free to open an issue on our gitlab : [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/issues](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/issues)