PyCharm user question

[Larz60+]

This has been a thorn in my side since I first started using PyCharm (over three years).
I can google it 'till the cows come home' and never find a simple answer.

First this is for MS windows 7 (ugh -- finally will be back on Linux in a few days Yea!!)

I want to do something that is so easy (Or at least should be), that I can't understand why
I can't find the answer.

I am hoping someone here can give me the most simple excellent answer

How to I change the default directory that pops up when I click on open (PyCharm home display)?
It's always C:\users\myname ...

I don't store a single project there, and doubt that anyone else does either.

This is only for open, create works fine

how to change that blasted default???

[j.crater]

Hey Larz60+
I don't know for sure, since when I have a project open, PyCharm always starts with that project's directory. But you might give this a try...
In the upper right part of the window, there are some shortcuts (your Python environment configuration, VCS, debugging...). Click on that Python environment name and select Edit Configurations. In the left menu there is main item Defaults, and in the Defaults sub-menu is item Python. If you click it it has a "Working directory setting".

[Larz60+]

That looked promissing, but didn't seem to do the trick.
Perhaps it will start working next time I start MS winblows

[sparkz_alot]

Like jcrater, this has not been an issue for me. All my Python scripts are under the main directory "C:\Python" and then an appropriate subdirectory.  When I create a "new" directory or file, it is created there.  When I open PyCharm, it always opens with the last location I was working on, which is always in the last file location.

You think this will change under linux?

[Larz60+]

I have lots of disk space, and my python is all not located on the main drive.


The annoyance only has to do with the open command from PyCharm home page
It annoys me mainly because I haven't been able to solve it.

It's easy enough to navigate to the project I want to open, and once
done, it becomes a shortcut. I can live with it if necessary but I'd like to
sic a 'gang of old ladies' on it!

[Blue Dog]

I been using vs express, have no trouble with it at all. It is a very good program.

[Larz60+]

I have no intention of changing from PyCharm. It is an excellent product, so far I would say the best.
I only have this insignificant annoying issue. All else is excellent.