Win XP default download folder

[assarvahid]

Hi
Does any one know a way to set a default folder for downloaded files from internet?Any thing like a registery tweak etc.
Tx

 

[tfg13]

Which browser?

 

[linney]

These are old MSKB articles but they might be worth a read?

Not Prompted to Specify Download Folder for File (Q177976)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q177/9/76.asp

Cannot Specify Default Download Folder in Internet Explorer (Q159859)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q159/8/59.asp

Not actually XP question - Concerns Downloading Directory
thread779-495101

 

[gigahertz]

This is a script file that I run every now and then to reset the directory to C:\Download ...

Dim WSHShell
Set WSHShell=Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
WSHShell.RegWrite "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download Directory", "C:\Download", "REG_SZ"