I've suggested you to enable (check) the option. Not to uncheck it.

Thanks for reply, This option is already unchecked but the problem is still happening. For example, I opened a session to remoteServer1 and local directory was set to C:\Arun\Documents.
Then I opened a second session to remoteServer2. The local directory was still set to C:\Arun\Documents. Then I changed the local directory for remoteServer2 to C:\Arun\Pictures.

remoteServer1: local directory C:\Arun\Documents
remoteServer2: local directory C:\Arun\Pictures

Now I closed WinSCP. Open WinSCP. My expectation is that local directory should always show the last one that I had selected, that is, C:\Arun\Pictures. But the local directory is shown as C:\Arun\Documents. Now I opened a session to remoteServer1 and the local directory stayed at C:\Arun\Documents. When I opened a session to remoteServer2, the local directory changed to C:\Arun\Pictures.

This clearly indicates that local directory is being remembered for each remote session. I want WinSCP to remember the last opened local directory in any session and show it as the local directory when WinSCP is started the next time.

Thanks,
Arun

Enable "Do not change state when switching sessions" in Local panel preferences:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_pref_panels_local

This is my first post to the forum as I cannot find solution to my problem. I have been using WinSCP for some time now, but cannot find a way to do this:
I want WinSCP remember the last opened local directory no matter which remote server a start session to. I do not want to go into Advance property of each session to change this.
So, if I open C:\Arun\Pictures, then no matter which remote server I connect to, the local directory should stay at C:\Arun|Pictures. Now, when I change the local directory to C:\Arun\Documents, then WinSCP should save it. Next time, when I launch WinSCP, the local directory should stay at C:\Arun\Documents and the same local directory should be used no matter which remote server I open a session to. This is the behavior in FileZilla and I cannot find a way to do this in WinSCP. WinSCP keeps a track of local directory on a per session basis and keeps changing it automatically. I have, on numerous occasions, ended up downloading files from remote servers to wrong local directory because WinSCP changed the local directory. Kindly help.
Thanks...