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This may be:
1) a bug
2) something that hasn't be implemented yet
3) new desired behavior
or
4) I just don't know how to set it up

Prior to the new pathing options in 6.40b3 if I highlighted a post in the post list and selected "Download To New Folder..." or "Download To Existing Folder..." via right-click, the folder picker would open to the default download path plus the folder named for the GOG and I could select or create the folder I wanted. Now it opens to the default download folder only and I have to manually select the GOG's folder then select or create the folder I want. I've tried adding \$(GOG)\ to the "Main Download folder:" in the options but this doesn't help.

If I add \$(GOG)\ to the "Download Path" in the Groups List (one of my GOGs downloads to a different place than the other 3) then the folder picker always opens in the last folder used.

As a test I installed 6.40b2 on another computer. To get the desired behavior, I had to have "Folder Mode:" checked under "Options, Filename Options". This box is gone in b3 and later. If it is going to remain this way, I'll learn to live with this new way.

I'll look at it, thanks.

I'm not able to repro it in B6. I haven't tried in B5. It always opens to the GOG in both old and new folder picker mode.

I'll try it in B6 when it's out.

Still same in B6. Thanks for testing - obviously it's something I am doing different than you and not a problem with Newsbin. Eventually I'll get it set correctly or live with it - not a big deal.

Let me try again.

By default, it opens to the last path you picked last time you did the same thing so, it won't always be the GOG. It defaults to "last path". There's an option that always opens it in the "Download folder" (Advanced). I just tried it and the results were inconsistent.

I have that option checked (also tried it unchecked). Prior to b3 I also had to have "Folder mode" checked, but I can work with the way things are so it's not worth spending time on.
I'm sure I have many different setting than you. For example, I set the download folder to be used in the GOG's properties and out of 4 GOGs, there are 3 different download folders specified.

Just as another data point, I'm having a similar problem. I don't use GOG much, I generally stick to individual newsgroups, and as recently as 6.31, "Download To New Folder" would always go straight to the folder named for the group, and then let me enter a name for the new subfolder, which is exactly what I wanted. The new betas seem to mostly go to the last group used, which is rarely what I want, and sometimes it goes to the "Document Library" in Windows 7, which is never what I want.

A switch to at least make the old behavior an option would be greatly appreciated.

I'll look at it again. I'm not really clear what the failure mode is.