JFileChooser change default directory in Windows

Question

I want to change the default directory of my JFileChooser to \"My Music\" on Windows. This directory is C:\\Users\\Fre\\Music on my account because my username is <

Answer 1

You can use the API method setCurrentDirectory when initializing your JFileChooser objects:

public void setCurrentDirectory(File dir)

Sample usage might be like:

yourFileChooser.setCurrentDirectory(new File  
(System.getProperty("user.home") + System.getProperty("file.separator")+ "Music"));