If you setup the download folder and direct the first downloads to it,
the default becomes that folder. Only if she were to choose another,
would it change. It works the same for Netscape and IE (I use both and
have one folder called E:\Downloads).
Theres no need to edit the registry for this.
Keith thompson
"Gerald E. Boyd" wrote:
>
> At 02:38 PM 6/25/01 -0700, Richard Thomas wrote the following:
>
> >I have a customer who wants me to set her computer up so that when she
> >downloads something from the internet it will only go to one file. Is there
> >a place in the settings that allows you to do this without having her online
> >available..rich
>
> Folder maybe? A folder (directory) will contain multiple downloaded files. I
> don't know why any one would want to download a file and have it be the same
> name as a previously downloaded file.
>
> Create a Folder (directory) for downloads, say C:\Downloads
>
> For Internet Explorer
> Fire up regedit and go to this key
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer
>
> Look to see if a Value name called "Download Directory" exists.
> If so, edit the data Value to be say C:\Downloads (the directory where
> downloads will go)
> If it doesn't exist, create it (Edit -- New -- String Value)
>
> For Netscape
> Fire up regedit and go to this key
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Netscape\Netscape Navigator\Main
>
> Look to see if a Value name called "Default Save Dir" exists.
> If so, edit the data Value to be say C:\Downloads (the directory where
> downloads will go)
> If it doesn't exist, create it (Edit -- New -- String Value)
>
> --
> Gerry Boyd
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