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"beamish" <beamish@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> > "Mother Farquhar" <fake@ddress.com> wrote in message
> > news:LSlde.21326$vU4.20279@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
> > > When ever I download a file XP always places it in some weird folder. I know
> > > I can right-click and "save as", but that doesn't work on some pages. Is
> > > there a way to change the default download locations?
> > >
> > > Thanks all
>
> "glee" wrote:
>
> > When you click a link to download a file, a Save As dialog box should pop up,
> > showing the location of the download destination. You can browse to another
folder
> > in that dialog box. Windows will remember the last location you use.
>
> Hello, If i may, Create a folder entitled "download" and direct all
> downloads to this folder. Perhaps in your "My Documents" folder.
> Take Care.
> beamish.
My Documents is a good place, because it is excluded from System Restore. You don't
want your downloads being "restored" to a previous state, as that means you would
lose any that were not there when the restore point was made. :-o By default,
the My Documents folder, and all files that use common data file name extensions,
such as .doc or .xls, or excluded from System Restore. If a user wants to exclude
other folders (say, the user makes a C:\Download folder), there is a registry edit
that can be used to add a folder to the list of excluded folders:
Open Regedit and navigate to:
HKEY_Local_Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\FilesNotTobackup
Click Edit menu, New, Multi-string value.
Make a descriptive name, in this example...Downloads.
Double-click the value and type in the full folder path you wish to exclude, and
click OK.
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Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
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