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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: gin420 on October 30, 2008, 10:48:10 AM

Title: changing download location
Post by: gin420 on October 30, 2008, 10:48:10 AM

Everytime i try to download a progam such as yahoo messenger, kazaa or anything for that matter i can't. It says it's being downloaded to temporary internet files but as soon as i click run and it "says" that it's done downloading but then nothing happens and i can't find the file somebody plz help!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Title: Re: changing download location
Post by: patio on October 30, 2008, 11:20:10 AM

Depends on your Browser...
In Firefox it's under Tools/Options/Main/Downloads...
I don't touch IE so wait for instructions from someone who does...

Title: Re: changing download location
Post by: ChrisXPPro on October 30, 2008, 11:54:35 AM

In IE you should usually have a dialog asking for ''run'' or ''save'' and ''save'' should then allow choice on location to store.  Also if a link shows as direct to an .exe for example, right click and ''save target'' can be useful.

One useful fix might be to get a download manager - I use "Internet Download Manager" - which is a paid app, but there are one or two which I recall are free tho they carry ad baggage.  "Gozilla" I seem to remember was one of those.  Advantage can be that you ''intercept'' a download and have greater control over it.