diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/win32/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/FileDialog.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/win32/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/FileDialog.java
index eec490b..d40acf5 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/win32/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/FileDialog.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/win32/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/FileDialog.java
@@ -293,6 +293,12 @@
 		char[] path = (filterPath.replace('/', '\\') + "\0").toCharArray();
 		if (COM.SHCreateItemFromParsingName(path, 0, COM.IID_IShellItem, ppv) == COM.S_OK) {
 			IShellItem psi = new IShellItem(ppv[0]);
+            /*
+             * SetDefaultFolder does not work if the dialog has
+             * persisted recently used folder. The fix is to clear the
+             * persisted data.
+             */
+            fileDialog.ClearClientData();			
 			fileDialog.SetDefaultFolder(psi);
 			psi.Release();
 		}