# DEFAULT DIRECTORY FOR SAVING PHOENIX FILES

**URL:** <https://forum.certara.com/t/default-directory-for-saving-phoenix-files/2951>\
**Category:** Phoenix WNL basics\
**Created:** [April 7, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.certara.com/t/default-directory-for-saving-phoenix-files/2951 "2016-04-07T13:31:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![sharmavineet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@sharmavineet](https://forum.certara.com/u/sharmavineet)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.certara.com/t/default-directory-for-saving-phoenix-files/2951/1 "2016-04-07T13:31:38Z")

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Routinely when I save my PHOENIX project files I find that the default directory the file is saved to on my Windows 7 computer is C:\users\test\My Documents\Pharsight Projects.

So this is not where i want the file to go: I would like the directory to be C:|users\My Documents\Pharsight Projects…

Do you have any insight as how to change it over? Or is this a Windows question?

Please can you advise,

Angus

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**Author:** ![SimonDavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@SimonDavis](https://forum.certara.com/u/SimonDavis)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.certara.com/t/default-directory-for-saving-phoenix-files/2951/2 "2016-04-07T13:35:03Z")

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Hi Angus - this was one of my bug bears with WNL classic, it was somewhat random where stuff ended up being saved so from the beginning (PHX 6.0) this has been possible to set and update at any time.

Edit\> Preferences\> General\> default save location.

Don’t forget to click ‘apply’.

Simon

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