# Windows: how do you set default folders

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-how-do-you-set-default-folders/109084
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [May 14, 2002, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-how-do-you-set-default-folders/109084 "2002-05-14T21:07:39Z")
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### Author: ![LifeWillFall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@LifeWillFall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeWillFall)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2002, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-how-do-you-set-default-folders/109084/1 "2002-05-14T21:07:39Z")

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ok, so I’m using Windows 98 and whenever I go to change the wallpaper and press the browse button it always brings me to the same folder C:/windows. I would like to change that default folder to the folder I keep all my different wallpapers in. Any ideas?

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### Author: ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2002, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-how-do-you-set-default-folders/109084/2 "2002-05-15T04:07:32Z")

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Strange. My Wintel box remembers the directory I used last.