REMEMBERFOLDERS

Sometimes you don't want AutoCAD to start in the same Documents folder where every other program stores its files. Maybe you work on a number of projects and would like a separate desktop icon for each to start in a particular folder. REMEMBERFOLDERS is your ticket to nirvana. By default, it's set to 1, which means it defaults to storing files in My Documents (just plain Documents in Windows Vista and Windows 7). Set it to 0, and it will open from and save to the folder you specify in your desktop icon when you start, and the last folder you visit as you work. REMEMBERFOLDERS is a permanent setting that's stored in the Windows registry (permanent, that is, until you change it to something else).

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