Create configurations in a folder of my choice

Why is it that the "user settings" set to "create configurations" dumps the models to a predetermined folder local to my computer and not to the location that is described in the "create parts in this folder:" selection?  We work across a network and need to share the models.  And no, I'm absolutely not interested in PDM or any other complicated IT server approach.  I just want it to dump the files and there corresponding configurations into a particular folder of my choice.SolidworksToolbox