If you download software from the Internet, where does it go?

Answer 1

Hi! I know sometimes it seems it goes down the rabbit-hole, but most often, it is set to go to the program files on C. You can specify the drive and folder you'd prefer by clicking "save as" or 'save to" or by specifying in your download manager where you want to save the download. When the screen comes up, scroll down in the box until you find the location you want to save the file to, hit open and then hit save. In the meantime go to my computer, C, and examine the files there. Hope this helps a little!

Answer 2

Hi Ms. Villa, this is a very good question since most people take for granted the ability to download from the Internet, and most have 'forgotten' files on their Hard Drive that are uselessly occupying space because nobody knew they would finally land there...

Here are the 3 possibilities:

1. YOU DOWNLOAD FROM YOUR WEB BROWSER:

This is the most common situation; you are surfing, and suddenly decide to download an application from a website, either by directly clicking a download link or by right clicking something and chosing 'Save target as', or 'Save link as'...

In this case, a pop up window appears asking you where exactly to save the file (software, picture, video...): you are then free to chose in "My Documents", on the Desktop, or in any particular drive for that matter.

2. PEER TO PEER (P2P):

This is a little different: if you use a file sharing program such as Emule, Ares, BitComet, iGotcha or Azureus, these applications all have a specific downloading folder (usually called My Shared Folder, Incoming, Shared files, or simply Shared). Everything you download through them is poured into that folder.

3. YOU HAVE NO IDEA:

You know you launched a download for a software some time ago, but right now you have no idea where it's gone on your hard drive: in this case, you can launch a search using a search assisant as follows:

- In Windows: click on Start, then Search and from there follow the prompts to specify what kind of file it is you're searching, etc.

- In Mac OSX: much easier, just click on the Finder on the top right corner, and begin typing the name of the file.


So here it is, but as a rule of thumb, the applications downloaded at 90% will land in My Documents, directly on the Desktop and more rarely somewhere in your main HDD C:.


I hope this will help you, Good Luck !

Cheers

Answer 3

Usually, the default location is the Desktop. Otherwise they are stored in the 'Temporary Folder'. Unless you have browsed a location for it to be saved into, it should confirm that the software was successfully downloaded.

Answer 4

the default directory is in the operating system directory there in My Documents-My Downloads
U can change it while dowwnload it.

Answer 5

Onto your hard drive. You get to pick the folder into which it goes.

Answer 6

You can go and see
C:\Documents and Settings\My Documents\Downloads

Answer 7

hd mostly