Setting default universal save location

hello, i am setting up my own organizational system, including automation etc., and would like to have any document i create, download, etc. saved to the same folder. for speed, i would like to have this set as a preference or something similar so i don't have to navigate to this folder every time i save something.
can anyone tell me how to do this (*i do not want to use my user document folder for this, but will use a folder inside my user folder)?
i'm thinking there might be a preference i can change in the terminal, but don't know where to start looking . . . i can work fairly comfortable in the terminal.
i've seen things like Default Folder X, but don't want to use a separate application; i would rather have this set via a preference and use condensed save dialogs.
any help appreciated!

try this
http://visualstudiohacks.com/options/changing-the-my-projects-folder-location-and-other-settings-in-ssms/
Regards,
Praveen D'sa
MCITP - Database Administrator - 2008
sqlerrors
Hi Praveen,
Based on my test, the solution in the link your post works in SSMS of SQL Server 2005, 2008 and 2008 R2 version. However, in SQL Server 2012, the configuration of SSMS is changed.
Regards,
Fanny Liu
Fanny Liu
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GPSVC(410.1730) 09:10:51:186 ProcessGPO: ==============================
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-------gpsvc.log start---------
-------output of gpresult /r-------
Microsoft (R) Windows (R) Operating System Group Policy Result tool v2.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1981-2001
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