Everything that I download is automatically turning up as a desktop icon --
documents, programs, applications. How can I turn off this feature? (This
didn't used to happen -- I don't know what changed.) Thanks!
You say "is automatically turning up as a desktop icon" and you call
it a "feature," but it's *not* a feature, and it actually doesn't
"turn up" as a desktop icon.
Although you apparently don't realize it, the real issue is that you
have a choice of to where to download a file, and at some point you
chose the desktop. From then on, it defaults to the desktop until you
change it again.
So all you need to do is decide where you want download files to go
(you can even create your own special folder for them), download any
file there, and it will then stay set to that location unless or until
you change it again.
So when you start your download, you are given a choice of "Run" or
Save. For your next download, chose Save, and then in the next dialog
box, choose the location you want to download to.
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