This is not a very rare phenomenon; in fact, many have experienced the effects of losing a certain file from their computer after having it downloaded. You spend hours searching for it with different possible names and then end up. Or probably download the thing again. Why does it happen? Mostly, whenever we are downloading we tend to be caught up with other things that we forget to notice the location prompted by the computer for a certain download.
Where Are The Files I Downloaded – Computer Basic Tips and Tricks
There are different steps that one must follow for file downloading. For example, you will have a different location when you’re using Windows Vista. When it comes to Web browsers, the location of downloads may be pre-determined; this is also for Google chrome and Firefox.
To begin with, let’s do Windows Vista first.
- To know where your downloaded files may be, simply, click on the start button.
- Advance to My Documents, you will find a folder labeled “Downloads”. That is exactly where all downloads are recorded.
- Open up the folder and view an array of downloads you’ve made over your laptop’s lifetime.
For a Web Browser such as Google chrome, you may follow the following steps:
- On the web browser click on tools. It will most probably be an icon of a wrench placed on the right hand side of the browser.
- From there select the option of “downloads”
- This selection will give you the results of downloads you’ve made in the past one month.
- If the results do not carry the download you are looking for then type in the file’s name in the box; it’ll search your download file you’re looking for.
AOL, another popular software in computers, also has a procedure for locating of the downloads made. Simply, follow the steps to make it through:
- The browser will have a File option in the Menu bar; click on it.
- You will have an option of Download Manager in the File selection.
- In this window you will select the file you want and then push on the find button. Your file will be located and brought to you.
Firefox Browser also has a feature similar to that of AOL.
- For Firefox, you may need to install add that allows the Download Manager.
- You can access the download manager by clicking on Tools from the Menu Bar.
- Tools will have an option of Downloads; click on it. A complete result of your downloads will pop up in front of you. Select the file you want and use it.
There is one tip that may come in handy for you; you can change the default location for your web browsers to some other location where you always access files, probably it would be desktop. Once, you’ll do that every download you make will be right in front of you.
