Remembering the last location used

Hello,
I've run into a small item that I cannot put my finger on.
When saving, opening or exporting from any application, the starting location for accessing the file(s) is the user's HomeDirectory\documents.
The Mac is not using the last known location access and default to this location. I've looked in the Applications prefs and it doesn't seem to be there.
I've done an A&I (Preserving my settings), reinstalled the applications, nothing is working to solve this. Everything else seems normal so far.
Other user accounts also work the same way.
The only other thing I can try is an erase & install, but I wanted to ask the Brainiac's here first to learn what may cause this for next time.
(Latest Mac OS with all patches)
Thanks for any ideas.

See this topic, and in particular my post here therein.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

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