OpenFileDialog default path

Question

using (var openFileDialog1 = new OpenFileDialog())
        {
            openFileDialog1.Reset();
            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(ExcelFilePath))
            {
                string fileName = Path.GetFileName(ExcelFilePath);
                string fileExt = Path.GetExtension(ExcelFilePath);
                //Avoid "you can't open this location using this program file" dialog 
                //if there is a file name in the path strip it )
                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(fileName))
                    initialDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(ExcelFilePath);  
      //if not let it be   
                else
                    initialDirectory = ExcelFilePath;

            openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = initialDirectory;
            }
            else
                openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = "c:\\";
            openFileDialog1.Filter = "Excel files (*.xls or *.xlsx)|*.xls;*.xlsx";
            //openFileDialog1.Filter = "xls files (*.xls)|*.xls|xlsx files(*.xlsx)|.xlsx";
            openFileDialog1.FilterIndex = 2;
            openFileDialog1.RestoreDirectory = false;
            openFileDialog1.CheckFileExists = true;
            openFileDialog1.CheckPathExists = true;
            if (openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
            {
                var browseSelectionMade = BrowseSelectionMade;
                if (browseSelectionMade!=null)
                    browseSelectionMade(this, new DataEventArgs<string>(openFileDialog1.FileName));
            }
        }

Regardless of whether or not I set RestoreDirectory to true, I will always browse to the LAST used directory if my initial directory is set to a path that doesn't exist. Where is the last used directory saved by OpenFileDialog? And is there a way to override this behavior? (e.g. I always want to set it to C:\ if the initial directory doesn't exist?)

Answer 1

It seems like all you need to do is the following:

string path; // this is the path that you are checking.
if(Directory.Exists(path)) {
    openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = path;
} else {
    openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = @"C:\";
} 

That is unless I'm missing something.