Thank you all. This has been very helpful.

Again. I need this for the 'open' and 'save as' dialogs. As such there were two things mentioned that suit this.

Tyger_purr: Did what I did but put it in 'My Documents'. A much better place (how stupid of me not to realize that).

gezinorgiva: 'Manage Folder Now' by www.elongsoft.com ($20), with a try before by offer.
This looks even better because it will work with simple dialog boxes that don't have a 'My Documents' or 'My Recent Documents' option.

I'm going to investigate how to do the 'Manage Folder Now' thing manually (although $20 is pretty cheap). I'll report back.

The other methods mentioned although useful for many tasks do not help with the 'open' and 'save as' dialogs (unless I missed something). I have done many of the things mentioned and I picked up some more tips on this theme from all of you here.

thanks again,
tromnek