Bug 168969 - "Save as" does suggest a wrong file directory for saving -not the one the file came from, but that of the previously edited file!
Summary: "Save as" does suggest a wrong file directory for saving -not the one the fil...
Status: NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
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25.8.1.1 release
Hardware: All Windows (All)
: medium normal
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Reported: 2025-10-20 16:10 UTC by Andreas Körber
Modified: 2025-11-12 14:48 UTC (History)
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Description Andreas Körber 2025-10-20 16:10:19 UTC
Description:
When opening a file from a directory for editing, "save as" does not prompt that directory for saving the file under a new (or changed) name, but the directory, in which the previously edited (and possibly totally unrelated) file was saved.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open an existing file from a directory
2.Change that file
3.Select "save as" - view which directory is suggested/pre-selected

Actual Results:
If you are not widely awake, you file the text/sheet in a totally wrong directory.
You have to actively remember the exact location where you opened it from.

Expected Results:
Suggest the folder from which the file was opened if "save as" is given - e.g. for saving the file with a new version number in the filename ... 


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 25.8.1.1 (X86_64)
Build ID: 54047653041915e595ad4e45cccea684809c77b5
CPU threads: 14; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26200); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: de-DE
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 m_a_riosv 2025-10-22 14:18:38 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 167897 ***
Comment 2 Andreas Körber 2025-10-22 14:29:15 UTC
a. This is not just a duplicate. As far as I understand, https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167897 was on Linux and after PDF export. This is about "saving as" (and possibly other forms, also) under Windows,

Apart from that the criticism of this (if it was / is intended behaviour) still holds!

I don't consider this solved!
Comment 3 m_a_riosv 2025-10-22 15:27:14 UTC
Have you tested with the last version 25.8.2?
Comment 4 Buovjaga 2025-11-10 13:06:28 UTC
(In reply to Andreas Körber from comment #2)
> a. This is not just a duplicate. As far as I understand,
> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167897 was on Linux and
> after PDF export. This is about "saving as" (and possibly other forms, also)
> under Windows,

That's incorrect, bug 167897 was also about Windows.

(In reply to m_a_riosv from comment #3)
> Have you tested with the last version 25.8.2?

Andreas: we are still waiting for your reply.
Comment 5 Andreas Körber 2025-11-12 14:34:35 UTC
No, https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167897#c1 mentions a Linux drive; https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167897#c3 confirms "on Ubuntu" ...
Comment 6 Andreas Körber 2025-11-12 14:36:36 UTC
and: my 25.8.1.1 

Version: 25.8.1.1 (X86_64)
Build ID: 54047653041915e595ad4e45cccea684809c77b5
CPU threads: 14; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26200); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: de-DE
Calc: threaded

says it it up to date ...
And it still has this bug.
Comment 7 Buovjaga 2025-11-12 14:47:07 UTC
(In reply to Andreas Körber from comment #5)
> No, https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167897#c1 mentions a
> Linux drive; https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167897#c3
> confirms "on Ubuntu" ...

No, bug 167897 comment 1 says:
"Seems ok on linux. 
But I remembered I tested 25.8 version on Windows and was not ok, so I come back to 25.2."

bug 167897 comment 17 confirms:
"Same issue here on Windows 11 LO 25.8.0.4 Release. Just updated yesterday and this regression returned. This was an issue several months ago and was resolved, but the recent update has broken it again."

Same for bug 167897 comment 21 and on and on... as well as multiple duplicate reports.
Comment 8 Buovjaga 2025-11-12 14:48:08 UTC
(In reply to Andreas Körber from comment #6)
> and: my 25.8.1.1 
> 
> Version: 25.8.1.1 (X86_64)
> Build ID: 54047653041915e595ad4e45cccea684809c77b5
> CPU threads: 14; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26200); UI render:
> Skia/Raster; VCL: win
> Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: de-DE
> Calc: threaded
> 
> says it it up to date ...
> And it still has this bug.

Just download 25.8.2 and install it: https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download-libreoffice/