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Share our site to support us! Please type an email. Or you can simply do it every time. For example, clicking on the Documents library in the left hand pane of the Save As… dialog will set the download location in one click. I find it a great way to organize my files. Some web browsers either default to the system downloads folder more consistently, or they have their own.
Fortunately, most have a quick way to open that default folder. In Windows 8 at the tiled start screen … just start typing and the search interface will pop up:. Windows will show me everything that matches. The first thing to do is to narrow it down to files only. Click on Files to restrict the search to only files, and the results list will become a little more manageable.
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It even depends on whether or not you have a PDF reader installed, and which one. Simply hover the mouse over the arrow, and a tooltip will pop up showing the full path. This is quicker than opening the dropdown on systems with numerous network connections. Interesting article.
Thanks for the info. Question: The right half of your explorer window is divided into these different categories—Files, Drives, Devices, etc. How did you get this kind of a display? The right half of my Explorer window just shows the folders within the folder highlighted on the left. Typically, I specify the specific folder for ALL my downloads. I recently was given 20 free downloadable music tracks by a magazine I subscribe to.
Did I download them, or was I mislead into thinking that they would download? But I have a related question. I frequently download many files from the web in a session and save them to specific local or network folders from Internet Explorer or from Microsoft Word or Acrobat, etc.
How can I get either application to remember the last folder used in the Save As dialog? It defaults to My Documents every time and I have to relocate the folder over and over. I am just starting to understand my computer and your print outs are invaluable.
Ever since I can remember, I have created a folder called Downloads c:downloads and thats where everything goes from downloads, to pictures, to saved emails, and so on. You might want to point out where other browsers download by default — Firefox uses the Desktop. I use the Opera browser and been using it so long I forget where they set up the default download folder. My is set for c:downloads…of course. It will start with a list of all files, then you type in whatever characters you are seeking, and the list will shrink to show only file names containing those characters.
Good tip for downloading pdf. Still have to search for files too often. Can you give me a method to open them? The article addresses where downloaded files end up, however they apparently are downloaded to a temporary place before being moved to the location mentioned in the article or specified by the user.
One can observe this when downloading a large file, say greater than 30 MB. First you get the usual dialog box asking where you wish to save the file to. Then the file downloads. Then a box pops up saying that the file is being copied to the destination that you selected. As I mentioned, if the downloaded file is large, then this coping takes a while a few seconds and you notice this copy occuring by the pop-up box. Thus, it makes sense that IE waits to copy the entire successfully downloaded file to the location that you specified originally.
However, suppose that you have MB of free space on your disk, and you want to download a MB file. This should work, but does not. The file may download successfully, leaving you with 50 MB free disk space. Then when IE tries to copy the MB file that is already on your hard drive to the download location that you specified originally, it FAILS since there is no space left!
IE obviously should MOVE the file to your destination rather than copy, it which leaves 2 copies on the disk. IE5 areas to locate the file that was downloaded but not copied over to your desired destination. You can then work with the file, or MOVE not copy if running out of disk space it to a useful location. Note that the file name of this temporay file may be cryptic. Note that for the power users, you can use something like wget to fetch a file outside of IE and avoid this problem if you have a URL.
My suggestion is use everything search from voidtools to find the file or search under the Content. IE5 folder. IE and Firefox have an internet option to tell all downloads where to go. Personally, all my downloads go to desktop. Easy to find, and then after the download is processed I delete or save to the appropriate place. Remember Leo, Most of the world still uses Windows 7.
When all else fails? I never use the IE browser. So there is no guesswork as where files have been downloaded. If VirusTotal finds something nefarious you have the option to cancel the download. I even go two steps further.
After all three scans I can then either install the program or move it to a folder of my choosing. I use the setting in my browser Firefox to always ask me where to download a file to. When I set up a new computer I make my own top-level directory, and then make my own sub-directories under it as I go for whatever data category I need, Financial, Computer Notes, Media Files, Photos, etc.
And as a side benefit, I can back up all my data by simply copying my top-level directory. Related Articles. Method 1.
Download a free PDF reader. You can download Adobe Reader for free from the Adobe website. Alternatively, you can open PDF files in most browsers, though they may lack some features. Find the PDF that you want to download. There are lots of websites that have information in PDF format. These websites usually display the PDF within the web browser.
Make sure that the PDF file opens full screen as part of its own page. Not as part of another page. Right-click inside the PDF. This displays a pop-up menu where you right-click on the document. Alternatively, some web browsers may have an icon that resembles a floppy disk Microsoft Edge , a page with an arrow inside Firefox or a line with an arrow pointing down over it Google Chrome.
This is the "Save" icon. If you are using Safari on Mac, click File in the menu bar at the top of the screen. It's in the pop-up menu that appears when you right-click inside the PDF. This opens a file browser you can use to save and select files.
Some websites will have links to downloadable PDF files much like any other downloadable file. To download these files, click on the link, then select where you want to download the file and click Save. Choose the location where you want to save the file. Use the file browser to navigate to where you want to save the PDF.
You can click the Quick Access folders in the left-side bar of the file browser to select a location. Type a name for the PDF optional. Click Save. It's in the lower-right corner of the File browser window. This will save the PDF file to your hard drive in the location you have specified. Method 2. Open your PDF reader. Double-click the app icon to open the PDF reader. If you are running it for the first time, it may need to complete the setup process.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup process. To find the PDF reader on Mac, click the icon that resembles a magnifying glass in the upper-right corner.
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