Photoshop CS4 - CMYK as default mode?

Hi there,
I'm running Photoshop CS4 an a few machines using Windows Vista and Windows 7, and I'm wondering if there is a way to change the default mode to CYMK when making a new document, importing pictures etc.
At the moment, everything is RGB orientated. I've looked in Photoshop preferences and browsed the forums etc to no avail.
So my question is this: Is there a way to change the default colour mode to be CMYK when creating and opening documents?
I'm guessing there isn't an easy option (unless I've missed it), so is could it maybe be done a plugin or script?
Thanks for reading, and any thoughts, questions and answers appreciated
Thanks
-Rhydz

Rhydz88 wrote:
So my question is this: Is there a way to change the default colour mode to be CMYK when creating and opening documents?
Photoshop remembers the setting in the File > New... dialog window. When you create a new image Photoshop always displays this window, for Color Mode choose CMYK and next time when you create a new image your last choice will be automatically selected.
However there is one exception, when you have copied image data to your clippboard. Then the Color Mode option will be automatically set to the color mode of the image that is in the clipboard. You can always clear image data from your clipboard by copying something else like text.
When opening documents, they will open in the color mode they were saved. If you want to convert them to CMYK you have to choose that from the Image > Mode menu.

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