@aksarben: So turn off Remember last used directory:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_login_directories

Or bookmark your home directory.

Or just use Home Directory command.
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/task_navigate#special_commands

The problem is that I'm often not at my home/default directory when I close WinSCP. If I forget to return to the top level folder upon exit, next time I start WinSCP, I'm buried deep different directory that I rarely work in, and have to remember the long and complex path to get back to the top (outside my normal server account’s tree, starts with “/var/www…” (I think). Then I have go look up the “home” folder again.

It would save me time and aggravation if I could tell WinSCP to always resume at a folder I specify.

@aksarben: Is this what you are looking for?
WinSCP suddenly opens with two local panels with seemingly no option to open a connection to my server. What do I do?

Also, nowadays, WinSCP remembers the last visited directory by default. So there's little use for setting the home directory upfront. What's your use case?

I never see the Login dialog. How do I make appear?

Setting the default directory is way too hard for such a simple task. Why don't you just put this in a normal properties dialog for each site?

martin wrote:

Home directory is server-side settings. You cannot change it from WinSCP. However you can instruct WinSCP to use some specific directory as default instead of home directory. See Directories tab on Login dialog.

Thank you. It worked.

@dangapin: Jail can be used to force user to stay only in some (usually home) directory (or its subdirectories). IMHO it is not a usual way to change home directory.

I have the same issue, and was told that Jail would be the program to use, though I haven't gotten it working yet.

Better luck to you!
Dan

Home directory is server-side settings. You cannot change it from WinSCP. However you can instruct WinSCP to use some specific directory as default instead of home directory. See Directories tab on Login dialog.
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_login_directories

How do I change my home directory? Thanks!