Vista saving web pages to Downloads folder

[Larry]

A friend with Windows Vista tells me that when she tries to save web pages,
they go into the Downloads folder, rather than the Documents folder. How
can IE in Vista be set so that saved web pages are saved to where the user
wants them to be saved?

 

[Dave]

Actually, it makes sense to save a downloaded page in the Downloads folder.


However, all she has to do is change the location, after she selects
File - Save As
in the Save Webpage box
click on Browse Folders

or click on the breadcrumbs to change the location
http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow_viewer/0,1205,l=&s=400&a=187772&po=11,00.asp

after saving to this folder, it should stay as the default, until she
changes it again.

 

[Larry]

There is no "Browse folder" button in the "Save Webpage" dialog box.

Also, this breakcrumbs thing looks too advanced for this user. Is there a
way,
within the existing Vista OS, to get control over this feature?

The best I can see is to click on "Documents" in the list at the left.

 

[Dave]

If there's no Browse Folders, then the folders are already open, and there
should be a Hide Folders button.
Yes, just click on the Documents link on the left.

 

[Larry]

Ok. Then it's really not the familiar Browse-type dialog, is it, but rather
the folder itself that opens up?

 

[Larry]

Does that apply only if you're using Breadcrumbs, or also if you just click
on Documents?

Thanks,
Larry

 

[Dave]

If it's expanded, it's like a normal Windows Explorer window, with a box to
enter a file name, and a pull down box to select the file format.
If the folders are hidden, you just see the last 2 items.

AFAIK, there's no setting in Options to set the default download folder,
like there is in Firefox. It seems that IE tries to determine what the
download is, and tries to select the applicable folder.

 

[cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)]

AFAIK, there's no setting in Options to set the default download folder,
like there is in Firefox. It seems that IE tries to determine what the
download is, and tries to select the applicable folder.

Hullo, safety risk... in an age of GDIPlus and WMF, do I want incoming
files dumped in my Pictures just because they're graphics?

Still, at least it's not dumping downloads on the desktop (click me!)
or in My Documents (re-infect the system after "data" restore) by
default, as it used to. The Downloads shell folder is long overdue.

By duuuuuhfault, Firefox dumps in the desktop without asking where you
want things to go. So I'd either set it to ask every time, or I'd
redirect it to dump in a "suspect" location without asking.

AFAIK, IE does ask every time, so a clueful user can at least undo any
default location it may have in mind.

IMO, that's safer than Firefox's default behavior.

-- Risk Management is the clue that asks:

"Why do I keep open buckets of petrol next to all the
ashtrays in the lounge, when I don't even have a car?"