Why does finder always reset?

Whenever I am working in a program such as Illustrator everytime I open or save something i always get sent back to the root folder the next time I try to open something. i.e if I place a file in illustrator and then want to place another file it used to open the finder in the same directory. It now goes back to the root. Does anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks

I don't know about Illustrator, but some apps allow that kind of behavior to be controlled via a preference, so check the preferences for the apps you use to see if that behavior can be adjusted.

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