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Comment from Karma Autumn on 2008-11-11

2008-11-11T15:42:19Z

I've read the article and tried to print it out to no avail. I am just starting to understand my computer and your print outs are invaluable. Please, how can I download a file from My Documents to C Drive?

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Comment from Ben Martinka on 2007-08-14

2007-08-14T17:10:52Z

I'm already familiar with all the techniques in this article. 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. if I open them first). 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.

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Comment from Cliff Lapp on 2007-01-01

2007-01-01T08:07:24Z

Hi!
Typically, I specify the specific folder for ALL my downloads.
Occasionally, I am not allowed to make any choices, and it downloads automatically to a "temp" folder.
I recently was given 20 free downloadable music tracks by a magazine I subscribe to. When I looked for the files, they are NOT in the Temp Internet Folder, and I can't find them in any other folder.
I can play these tracks only out of the "recent" tracks in my media player.
Then, I disconnected from the Internet, and they wouldn't play. So, I suspect that even though I was told the were "downloading" onto my hard drive, I think they were not, and they are ONLY contained on a server.
Did I download them, or was I mislead into thinking that they would download?
Thanx!
cliff
YIP

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Comment from David Heym on 2006-09-02

2006-09-02T20:36:21Z

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. I searched through your previous Explorer questions/answers and couldn't find an explanation for this.

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Comment from chasingclouds on 2006-09-02

2006-09-02T10:31:03Z

Safer still if you have more than one partition create a 'Download' on a partition as far away from C: as possible. That way if you need to reinstall on C: sometime you still have the downloads intact, useful if you haven't backed up your downloads.... Haven't tried downloading to a cd/dv/rw but is another option perhaps?

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Comment from Ross on 2006-09-01

2006-09-02T02:34:28Z

Make a directory "Downloads" and put them all in it.

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Comment from Ken on 2006-09-01

2006-09-01T15:05:35Z

Note that you don't have to pull down the dropdown list for the directory tree to find the full path. 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.)

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