Changing The Default Download Directory In Vista
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Internet Explorer is the Web browser included with Vista. When you download information from the Internet, the default target directory is the ‘Documents’ folder. However, you may want to change the default directory to a different folder or a different partition or hard drive. Doing so only requires a quick registry change.
Open the Registry Editor by clicking the Start button, typing regedit in the Search field and pressing Enter. Navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer
Change the value of the “Download Directory” string to the new path you want Internet Explorer to use as the download directory. Close the Registry Editor.
[tags]vista, vista tips, windows vista[/tags]
One Comment
Bob Garrett
April 17th, 2008
at 4:35pm
When I try to download mp3 files (ie7-vista), they go straight to a temporary file. I accidentially clicked the “don’t show” box on the screen that let me pick the directory. Now, I can’t get that back. How do I do this? How do I recover the ability to assign downloaded mp3 files to a directory? Thanks a lot! BG