I had a "Downloads" folder but it has disappeared. Other programs seem to
be functioning ok so I'm not worried about .exe files that may have been in
there.

But I've forgotten how to direct all downloads to that folder. I want all
downloads to go to C:/downloads. How can I accomplish this?

Thanks very much,

mike

I forgot... Windows XP

Thanks again,

Mike


"cajun_mike" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I had a "Downloads" folder but it has disappeared. Other programs seem to
>be functioning ok so I'm not worried about .exe files that may have been in
>there.
>
> But I've forgotten how to direct all downloads to that folder. I want all
> downloads to go to C:/downloads. How can I accomplish this?
>
> Thanks very much,
>
> mike
>

Generally create a folder for your downloads like, 'C:\Downloads' or 'My
Documents\Downloads'. With Internet Explorer, the first download you request, you
will need to specify (or direct to) your Downloads folder. From then on, Internet
Explorer will prompt you for a location but, it will default to your Downloads
folder. Also consider, when you clean your temporary internet file, cookies, and
history, or run CCleaner, Internet Explorer will not default to your Downloads
folder, until you specify it again.

If your using Firefox, in the options you can set where downloads go to. Hope
this is what you wanted to know, or helped in some way.


--
NJC©(TM)


"cajun_mike" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
| I had a "Downloads" folder but it has disappeared. Other programs seem to
| be functioning ok so I'm not worried about .exe files that may have been in
| there.
|
| But I've forgotten how to direct all downloads to that folder. I want all
| downloads to go to C:/downloads. How can I accomplish this?
|
| Thanks very much,
|
| mike
|
|

What "NJC©(TM)" said in his reply is quite right - using a folder as a target for a
download will set that folder as the default download folder after that
(iexplore.exe).

However, you can also specify or change this default folder without having to do the
above by setting the following registry value :


REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer]
"Download Directory"="C:\\DOWNLOAD"


(I have written the above setting as a valid registry [.reg] file, so you may copy
and paste it into a text file, giving it a dot-reg extension. However, please take
note if you edit the path of your download folder location, you must use double \\
forward-slashes instead of single ones to separate each directory as single slashes
are invisible in reg-files)


==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"cajun_mike" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I had a "Downloads" folder but it has disappeared. Other programs seem to be
>functioning ok so I'm not worried about .exe files that may have been in there.
>
> But I've forgotten how to direct all downloads to that folder. I want all
> downloads to go to C:/downloads. How can I accomplish this?
>
> Thanks very much,
>
> mike
>

Thanks Tim. Great info...

"Tim Meddick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
|
| What "NJC©(TM)" said in his reply is quite right - using a folder as a target
for a
| download will set that folder as the default download folder after that
| (iexplore.exe).
|
| However, you can also specify or change this default folder without having to do
the
| above by setting the following registry value :
|
|
| REGEDIT4
|
| [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer]
| "Download Directory"="C:\\DOWNLOAD"
|
|
| (I have written the above setting as a valid registry [.reg] file, so you may
copy
| and paste it into a text file, giving it a dot-reg extension. However, please
take
| note if you edit the path of your download folder location, you must use double
\\
| forward-slashes instead of single ones to separate each directory as single
slashes
| are invisible in reg-files)
|
|
| ==
|
| Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
|
|
|
|
| "cajun_mike" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
| news:(E-Mail Removed)...
| >I had a "Downloads" folder but it has disappeared. Other programs seem to be
| >functioning ok so I'm not worried about .exe files that may have been in there.
| >
| > But I've forgotten how to direct all downloads to that folder. I want all
| > downloads to go to C:/downloads. How can I accomplish this?
| >
| > Thanks very much,
| >
| > mike
| >
|
|

Thank you all very much. You've given me exactly what I needed.

Mike


"NJC©(TM)" <njc©(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks Tim. Great info...
>
> "Tim Meddick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> |
> | What "NJC©(TM)" said in his reply is quite right - using a folder as a
> target
> for a
> | download will set that folder as the default download folder after that
> | (iexplore.exe).
> |
> | However, you can also specify or change this default folder without
> having to do
> the
> | above by setting the following registry value :
> |
> |
> | REGEDIT4
> |
> | [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer]
> | "Download Directory"="C:\\DOWNLOAD"
> |
> |
> | (I have written the above setting as a valid registry [.reg] file, so
> you may
> copy
> | and paste it into a text file, giving it a dot-reg extension. However,
> please
> take
> | note if you edit the path of your download folder location, you must use
> double
> \\
> | forward-slashes instead of single ones to separate each directory as
> single
> slashes
> | are invisible in reg-files)
> |
> |
> | ==
> |
> | Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
> |
> |
> |
> |
> | "cajun_mike" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> | news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> | >I had a "Downloads" folder but it has disappeared. Other programs seem
> to be
> | >functioning ok so I'm not worried about .exe files that may have been
> in there.
> | >
> | > But I've forgotten how to direct all downloads to that folder. I want
> all
> | > downloads to go to C:/downloads. How can I accomplish this?
> | >
> | > Thanks very much,
> | >
> | > mike
> | >
> |
> |
>
>