Can Open dialog box be made to always open same size and position?

The Open and the Save As dialog boxes used to reopen at the same position and size as last used. In Mavericks the always open in a small dialog box in the upper center. Can this be changed to open in the size of and where they were last used>

Not that I know of. Everytime it starts it begins in the upper left corner and each new window is moved down and to the right slightly. Keeps doing that until you quit, and starts over when it launched.
Francine
Francine
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The top screenshot is the Windows Open dialog box. All File > Open... commands in all Windows programs bring it up. Try File > Open in Notepad for example.
It belongs to Windows not Adobe. You cannot change this because there is no such thing as an Adobe Open dialog box.
The bottom screenshot is Windows Explorer. It is Windows' OS File Browser, not an Open dialog. It is not called up by Photoshop or any Windows program.
You have to click on "My Computer" or a Folder icon to get to it. You can double-click a psd, jpeg or other image file in the Explorer window so that it opens in Photoshop.
There is Adobe Bridge and Minibridge Alt + Ctrl + O or File > Browse in Bridge

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3. Next, I set Mozilla Firefox as my default browser and then used the above site to download Adobe Flash Player 10 again.
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c. Open With Macromedia Flash Player 8.0
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i don't remember what i did to cause the problem.. it appears that there are 2 "Desktop" icons on my "Open" dialog box when i try to open a file in a software (e.g. open up a web page in Safari). one of the "Desktop" icons is linking to my desktop; while the other one doesn't link to anywhere.... please have a look at the following image...
http://kwok.50webs.com/Untitled-1.gif
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Your link gives me a "403 Forbidden" in Safari.
But I don't need the picture, your words are descriptive enough. Try this:
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[email protected]

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Is there any error message when you try to map network Drive manually? It would be better to provide more details about error message.
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That works nicely - Thanks ...
PatM wrote:
> Can you fix that with the setting that prevents applications from
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> the users attention. "Steve Babcock" <[email protected]> wrote
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> > Users frequent find that the GW Open Dialog box hides behind the
> > current active screen - Is there a way to make sure it comes to the
> > front ?
> >
> > Steve
> > --

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