Ken, my apologies, I omitted to mention I was using Firefox and it came back
to me that I had to go into Tools to change the option from Desktop to
Downloads.

Many thanks for your help.
Judy


"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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> Judy L wrote:
>
>> When new programs are downloaded, they are going to desktop - there
>> is a way to alter that to send the new programs to the file
>> "Downloads"
>
>
> A minor point, but wrong terminology can confuse people. It's the
> downloads *folder* you're talking about. A file is something (such as the
> program you're downloading) you put into a folder.
>
>
>> which I created. I've just forgotten where or how to
>> alter so that they go direct to the file "Downloads"
>
>
>
> Just change to the Downloads folder. It will use it from then on. It
> reemembers and uses the last folder you donwloaded to to.
>
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