Default folder that Finder opens

Hi 24GHz,

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities! I understand that when you open Finder it always opens All My Files and you would like to change that. There is a quick and simple way to change which folder opens in Finder without having to use Terminal. Navigate to Finder > Preferences > General pane > New Finder window show: and you can change which folder opens in a new Finder window. The information can be found in the following article.

OS X Mavericks: Finder preferences

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14046

Thanks for reaching out,

-Joe

Hey 25GHz,

Glad to help!

-Joe

Hey Joe_73.

I was wondering if you could help with that too, I knew already how to change the default folder, but the fact is that it doesn't work. I've now set up lots of different default folders and whenever I open a new window by clicking on the icon in the dock it gets me to download's folder. Interestingly, though, is that if I hit CMD+T or CMD+N it opens the right folder. I've already force quit finder, and restarted the dock via the terminal app. Do you have a solution for that?

Thanks.

-Felipe R.

same problem. I think because of a corrupted plist. deleting preferences file as explained in the following link solved mine.

http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/finder.html