Last Folder Opened

I have searched this board to no avail. I am using Illustrator CS4 on Snow Leopard.
My issue is when I place and image (or open just open a file through Illustrator) the dialog box takes me back to the hard drives root folder.
Obviously this is quite annoying when placing several images, or saving files. I am not sure if this is an OS issue, or Illustrator. I do not have this issue with InDesign, though.... Any pointer would be appreciated.

It takes me to the last folder I used through the place or open dialog.
I would therefore suggest doing this
1. Quit Illustrator.
2.Go to User/username/Library/Preferences/ Adobe illustrator CS4 Settings and trash the settings folder, the whole folder not just the contents of the folder..
3. Start Illustrator. Illustrator creates a new preferences file.

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Hi Folks
First time poster so be gentle!
I am running CS4 on Leopard 10.5.8 an when i 'File/open' Illistrator defaults to my Documents folder instead of the last folder used. Photoshop and Indesign are fine so its an Illustrator problem. I tried deleting the preferences folder but the problems is still there.
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*[[/questions/887248?page=2#answer-318910]]
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