Try changing the default folder location.
Tools => Options => (tab) Save => Default File Location

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>I would like to change the default folder that PowerPoint looks in whenever
>I
> select the File/Open command. I know how to change the default "Save"
> folder, but I don't know how to change the default "Open" folder. Help is
> greatly apprecated. Thanks in advanced.