Save As dialog box opens random location

I have been trying to save some attachments from my emails in entourage, but whenever it brings up the save dialog box, the default finder location is completely random. It is not based on my last known location, nor a default 'Desktop' or 'Documents' folder. It will change every time. I can save 3 emails in a row and they will all open in different locations....
oddd....
any thoughts?

I too am having the same issue, in every program. Whenever I have a save dialog box open, it picks a completely random location to save it to, which becomes quite old when you have to save multiple files back-to-back in the same location. Anyone have any ideas?

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