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• Replace Windows Default File Software Downloads Windows 10

The Question SuperUser reader Dr. John A Zoidberg wants to know how to change the Windows’ default download path: I would like to keep my drive paths as clean as possible and C: Downloads is much nicer than C: Users Myname Downloads. How can I stop Windows 10 from using the user name profile location by default?

Scroll down and select Choose default apps by file type. You'll get a massively long list of file types and the apps set to open them: Scroll down to the file type for which you want to change the.

How do you change Windows’ default download path? The Answer SuperUser contributors Techie007 and Charles Burge have the answer for us. First up, Techie007: 1.

Open Windows Explorer 2. Create the folder you want to have as your new Downloads folder (i.e. C: Downloads) 3. Under This PC, right-click Downloads 4. Click Properties 5.

Select the Location Tab 6. Click Move 7. Select the folder you made in Step 2 8. Once it has finished copying everything to the new folder, click OK to close the Properties Window Followed by the answer from Charles Burge: It is not Windows itself that downloads files, but rather its applications like web browsers or other network clients. If you are specifically talking about downloading files from the Internet, your web browser has a setting for the default download location. You can even set it to ask you each time where you want to put a file that you are about to download.

Change Windows Default File Locations

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Changing your default save location creates a new Users folder structure on the new drive and saves all new files there by default. It doesn’t move existing files. So, if you’re really trying to save space by storing files on another drive (say, if your SSD is on the small side), you’re better off of your built-in folders. If you do that, Windows will move those folders and all existing documents.

Apps will also use the new location, since they’re designed to use those built-in folders. Most people will probably want to use that method instead. RELATED: So, why would you bother changing the default save drive, instead of just moving the folders completely? You might just be interested in making it easier to store stuff on a different drive and don’t want to get into moving the “official” folders. Another interesting thing you can do is set a removable drive as your default save location. Whenever that drive is plugged in, Windows offers to store new files on the removable drive. When it’s not plugged in, Windows saves to the original location.

If you like saving your personal docs on a flash drive or external hard drive so you can carry them with you, changing default save locations might be useful. To get change your default hard drive, click Start and then choose Settings (or press Windows+I). In the Settings window, click System.

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In the System window, choose the Storage tab on the left and then scroll down to the “Save locations” section on the right. Use the drop-down menus to change the storage locations for each type of file (documents, music, pictures, and videos). If you choose a removable drive as your storage location and then remove that drive from your computer, Windows will default to storing files in the original location on your C drive until you attach the removable drive again. Note also that you can change the save location for new apps in this window. This setting applies to new universal apps that you download from the Microsoft Store.

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It won’t move apps that you’ve already installed, although you could uninstall and then reinstall them after making the change to have them save to the new location.