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Easy way to change download directory?

Steviemoyne · 2013-09-15 19:48:56

Is there an easy way to change the download directory say from C:\ to a different drive? OS: Windows 7 64-bit. I could of course change the directory for individual browsers but I was wondering if there is a more global way of doing it? So, for example applications that initiate downloads would download to the different…

15-09-2013 7:48pm

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Steviemoyne

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Is there an easy way to change the download directory say from C:\ to a different drive?

OS: Windows 7 64-bit.

I could of course change the directory for individual browsers but I was wondering if there is a more global way of doing it? So, for example applications that initiate downloads would download to the different directory instead.

Thanks in advance.

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#2 15-09-2013 7:56pm

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All web browsers these days use the default Download folder as destination, unless specified otherwise) so move the Downloads folder to new location

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#3 15-09-2013 8:00pm

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That is exactly what I was after, thank you very much.

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