Save Downloaded Files From Firefox Browser At The Preferred Location
By default, Firefox browser will save any downloaded files from the internet to the computer’s desktop. Unlike IE and other browsers which can give you alternatives on where to save the file, Firefox will just download and chuck downloaded files irregardless its type, size, format and etc to desktop. Firefox expect users to go to desktop and tidy up or manage these files manually.
If you have been frustrated with Firefox’s default setting and want Firefox to ask you where to save your files, some simple changes to the setting will do. Go to your Firefox browser and click “Tools” at the Menu bar. Choose “Options” and select “Main Tab”. At the “Downloads” section, you just need to check “Always ask me where to save files” and click “OK”.
With this simple activation process, every time you want to download a file, you will be prompted with the familiar window to allow you to browse the directory location to save it.
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August 23rd, 2009 13:30
Taking this one step further, you might have multiple preferred locations. For that purpose you can define the shortcuts in the location dropdown list with the below batch script. Works at least for FF and IE, the automatic code tag locating probably only works in Vista. You can however always manually look it up in the Windows registry and add it in the batch script…
@echo off
setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in ('dir/b %windir%\System32\appmgmt\S-1-5-21-*.') do ( set id=%%a
)
:: Manual ID tag setting (uncomment line below and enter correct ID tag):
::set id=S-1-5-21-?????????-??????????-??????????-????
if "%id%"=="" echo Locating ID tag failed, please add ID tag manually in batch file... &pause>nul &exit
REG DELETE "HKEY_USERS\%id%\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs" /va /f
REG ADD "HKEY_USERS\%id%\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs" /v url1 /t REG_SZ /d "%username%" /f
REG ADD "HKEY_USERS\%id%\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs" /v url3 /t REG_SZ /d "%userprofile%\Downloads" /f
REG ADD "HKEY_USERS\%id%\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs" /v url4 /t REG_SZ /d "D:\" /f
exit