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Bug 262776 - Make initial directory for File/Open configurable
Summary: Make initial directory for File/Open configurable
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: editor
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Actions/Menu/Toolbar (show other bugs)
Version: 8.1
Hardware: PC Windows 7
: P3 normal (vote)
Assignee: Miloslav Metelka
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Reported: 2016-07-12 06:20 UTC by rovf7
Modified: 2016-07-12 06:20 UTC (History)
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Description rovf7 2016-07-12 06:20:35 UTC 
When I do a File/Open (from the Netbeans Menu), I'm placed initially in the directory "My Documents". From there, I have to navigate every time to the directory where I have the files which I want to edit. 

Since I never put any files into "My Documents", this is annoying. It would be more convenient if I could tell Netbeans somehow, which directory it should show me the first time I do a File/Open (or File/SaveAs) after starting the editor.

This could be made an option (in Tools/Options). 

It would be even more flexible however, if Netbeans would initially open the working directory. In this way, I could put several .LNK files to Netbeans on my desktop, and for each one I could - using the Windows properties dialogue - configure a different working directory.

A third possibility would be to provide a command line switch to Netbeans, where I can specify the initial directory.