Timeline for How to use a folder besides the Desktop folder as the default for opening and saving files in Windows?
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| Jun 14, 2021 at 9:00 | answer | added | Silbee | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 13, 2021 at 14:32 | comment | added | End Antisemitic Hate | @DavidPostill Ya, that's what I was thinking too. | |
| Jun 13, 2021 at 14:28 | comment | added | DavidPostill♦ | Links would just move the Desktop somewhere else. They won't solve your issue. | |
| Jun 13, 2021 at 14:18 | comment | added | End Antisemitic Hate | @DavidPostill Thanks. What about symbolic links, hard links, junctions, etc.? I know a bunch of people here (possibly yourself included) use them regularly for different uses. I use them just once in a while, so I defer to the experience and knowledge of others. | |
| Jun 13, 2021 at 14:13 | comment | added | DavidPostill♦ | Probably IE is the only program that uses that location. Everything else (like other browers) does it's own thing. I think you would need to write a hook into the DLL that manages the system open/save dialog. That requires serious programming skills. Note that some programs already do this (like the other browsers) | |
| Jun 13, 2021 at 14:09 | comment | added | End Antisemitic Hate |
@DavidPostill I appreciate the link, but that won't work. That technique just changes the Download folder for Internet Explorer.
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| Jun 13, 2021 at 14:03 | comment | added | DavidPostill♦ | Does this Change default download location in Windows 7 answer your question? | |
| Jun 13, 2021 at 14:01 | history | asked | End Antisemitic Hate | CC BY-SA 4.0 |