Hi Freeman; Have you tried one of the recent builds?? The author has implemented a number of modifications of new-file handling for me recently, because I always work from the console. I recommend trying out the current build 2521, that should work much better for you.
I just confirmed that a new file is saved in the directory that it was opened in, using build 2521. -- <http://forum.pspad.com/read.php?2,63840,63859> PSPad freeware editor http://www.pspad.com
