Why does Illustrator not remember filepaths when saving ??

Hi,
I'm finding it really frustrating that Illustrator 10 (on iMac G5 OS 10.3.9) does not remember filepaths when saving.
Perhaps I've overlooked a setting somewhere.
Does anyone know how I can rectify so Illustrator defaults to the last used filepath (as does almost every other program on earth) ??
I'd be very grateful for any help.
Thanks in advance.

Can anyone tell me why this is happening?  Am I not saving this correctly?
Well, to what format are you saving? The native AI format should always retain layers. Other formats such as EPS or older PDF Levels may indeed enforce flattening. also make sure you are not confusing layers with groups/ objects. There's a crucial difference between the two.
And even more important, is there any way of restoring the different layers once this has happened?
Well, you can manually add new layers and drag&drop your objects and groups into the new layers in the layers panel, but if you save it again to the wrong file format, that is wasted effort, so for the life of it make sure you get that figured out first.
Mylenium

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