CONNECT - Need to Disable Reference File Dialog Box Opening with a Selected File

When MicroStation added the capability to dock certain dialog boxes, we discovered that the Reference File dialog box will open with one of the files selected, which can result in large amounts of highlighted elements or the reference bounding box being displayed. This behavior was particularly undesirable since you could launch a session with the dialog box pre-opened and docked and it took extra steps to deselect any reference files to clear the display.

After some testing, we determined we could free the selection by issuing the key-in RF=[space]. We already had a VBA that sent other key-in commands when any file was opened - LOCK GG OFF and LOCK FENCE INSIDE. These three key-in commands have served us well for many years of V8 usage.

However, since we have been working on our CONNECT Workspace, we discovered that the handy RF=[space] no longer simply clears any selection in the reference file dialog box, but now, acts the same as the RF=[period] which opens the interactive attachment dialog box for the active file, waiting for the user to select a model from that file to attach. This must then be canceled before the file finishes opening. 

Does anyone know a way to clear the selection of any reference file in the reference file dialog box when it is first opened?

TIA