opi,
I seems like we are talking different things.
You're referring to Application.defaultpath, which determines the folder
when you click FileOpen, or a similar method.
I would imagine this is set when excel opens and even if changed would be
seen until the next time Excel is opened.
I am referring to application.getOpenFileName, which honours the CurDir
value.

NickHK

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NickHK,
Thanks for your reply. I forgot to mention that I do use chdrive and
chdir, and I check for validity of the path with dir (not ideal, but
let's say that my path will always be valid). Problem is that no matter
what I set as DefaultFilePath, Excel uses the path set in the registry,
and after I navigate to desired folder and open a file there Excel
writes that path to the registry.