# Open last database when starting RootsMagic **URL:** \ **Category:** RootsMagic\ **Tags:** question\ **Created:** [December 15, 2023, 5:31am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/open-last-database-when-starting-rootsmagic/9372 "2023-12-15T05:31:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tcluster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/tcluster/32/1424_2.png) [@tcluster](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/tcluster)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 5:31am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/open-last-database-when-starting-rootsmagic/9372/1 "2023-12-15T05:31:03Z")
In RM9 Settings I select “Open last closed file” and then I close RM9. Next time I start RM it doesn’t automatically open the last closed file, nstead I must select the DB to open, and when I check Settings I find that my check mark is gone. I don’t see anything on the screen which suggests I must save my selection. Why doesn’t it retain my selection and act upon it when I next open RM9? ---
**Author:** ![dhwalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@dhwalt](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/dhwalt)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 8:38am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/open-last-database-when-starting-rootsmagic/9372/2 "2023-12-15T08:38:09Z")
This has never been a problem that I have seen with Windows or MacOS - others may comment. 1. Make sure that your target rmtree is open. 2. Program Settings - tick the “Open last database when starting RootsMagic”. 3. Quit. Save settings is not required and on starting RM9 the target file will open. I would check that your folder settings are OK i.e. Data folder, something like, /Users/user/Documents/Rootsmagic where user is yourself. Well, there is a problem!! I went through various opening/saving/closing actions and duplicated your issue. Fix Tick the “Open last database when starting RootsMagic” When you close out of Program Settings \> Home \> Open File i.e. your target preference \> then close RM9 \> your Program Setting should be saved. ---
**Author:** ![thejerrybryan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/thejerrybryan/32/404_2.png) [@thejerrybryan](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/thejerrybryan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/open-last-database-when-starting-rootsmagic/9372/3 "2023-12-15T14:44:50Z")
For many of RM’s screens, it’s very fuzzy to me exactly when the Save of a change takes place. Some screens have a Check Mark icon that does an immediate change and some screens do not have the Check Mark icon. When there is no Check Mark icon, I suspect but don’t know for sure that the change actually happens when you switch to a different screen. For example, I’m wondering if you checked that feature in RM and then exited immediately. If so, then RM might have exited without saving the change. But I really am wondering and guessing. I don’t know for sure. If I were in your situation, I would probably set the option and then go to another main tab such as the main People tab on the left side of the screen. Then I would go back and look at the option again. It the option was still set at that time, I suspect I would be ok. If the option was not still set at that time, I would probably open a trouble ticket with the RM HelpDesk. ---
**Author:** ![tcluster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/tcluster/32/1424_2.png) [@tcluster](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/tcluster)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/open-last-database-when-starting-rootsmagic/9372/4 "2023-12-15T18:17:09Z")
Thank you Jerry, that worked. In other words, you must do something else for this option to be saved. But now there’s a similar problem with the location where the backups should go. RM9 wants to put them on the C drive, in the C:\Users\userid\OneDrive\Documents folder, but I’ve been changing that to a folder on the D drive each time I do a backup. For some reason it doesn’t remember this D drive folder. The only place I can see to specify this location is in the backup dialog itself. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![tcluster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/tcluster/32/1424_2.png) [@tcluster](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/tcluster)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/open-last-database-when-starting-rootsmagic/9372/5 "2023-12-15T18:32:00Z")
And just to clarify, I did follow the “do something else” procedure to get RM to remember this D drive backup location. In other words I did a backup (not part of a shutdown) to the new location, then I did something else, and then I went into the backup dialog again, and it had not remembered the new location. ---
**Author:** ![thejerrybryan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/thejerrybryan/32/404_2.png) [@thejerrybryan](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/thejerrybryan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/open-last-database-when-starting-rootsmagic/9372/6 "2023-12-15T19:22:45Z")
Settings =\> Folder Settings =\> Backup Folder. Set the backup folder to the appropriate folder on your D: drive. It’s actually worth taking a few minutes early in your RM9 career to visit all the settings available on the main Settings tab. It doesn’t take very long, Do be aware that there are only a few settings available when there is no database open. These settings are in effect for all your databases. When there is a database open, there are additional settings that are available. These settings are only for the database which is currently open and these settings can be different for each database. ---
**Author:** ![tcluster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/tcluster/32/1424_2.png) [@tcluster](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/tcluster)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 2:09am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/open-last-database-when-starting-rootsmagic/9372/7 "2023-12-16T02:09:15Z")
Thank you again Jerry. I didn’t realize there were multiple categories within Settings. I’ll look through all of them. ---
**Author:** ![tcluster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/tcluster/32/1424_2.png) [@tcluster](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/tcluster)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 2:10am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/open-last-database-when-starting-rootsmagic/9372/8 "2023-12-16T02:10:08Z")
I didn’t say it, it was implied, but I want to make it explicit. I did what you said and it worked!