Hi, Richard.
The ROOT folder for any partition is a protected zone. (I've tried to find
"protected zone" - or similar topics - in Windows Help, but haven't been
able to guess what secret word I need to search for. :>( Just need to find
authority for what I already have learned.)
Windows will not allow us to save files in a few restricted areas. One of
these is the Program Files folder; the other is the Root of any partition
(such as C:\ or X:\ or any other such folder designated with the "\"
character). But it's easy to right-click, choose New Folder, and create a
new destination folder, which we can name almost anything we want, such as
"Download". For years, nearly all my files from the Internet have been
saved in my E:\Download folder. From there, I can run them or move them to
wherever I like. Win7 also provides C:\Users\RC\Downloads, which I can use
in the same way.
A properly written program will install itself into C:\Program Files, but
will store its data, such as a letter created by Word, in a location outside
that folder tree. Many apps use data locations within your own Users
locations (C:\Users\richard\*), or they will allow you to specify the
location during or after installation. In WinXP and earlier Windows
versions, many applications violated this rule, but Vista's User Access
Control started enforcing the rule with vigor, and Win7 continues to enforce
it. That makes some developers - and many users - unhappy, but it's a good
rule that should be respected.
So you could easily create D:\Downloads and save your downloaded images
there.
RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Windows Live Mail 2011 (Build 15.4.3508.1109) in Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1
"richard" wrote in message
Depends what this (secret) folder is....
IOW, "I don't know".
The other folder is the root directory on another partition.
Where the default location is "C:\downloads", the desired location is "D:".
