Downloads are files that are transferred from the Internet to a personal computer. Most often these are programs, updates, demo versions of games, movies, music, etc. Also, this term means copying information to a computer from any other source or, conversely, from a computer to any medium, for example, copying a movie to a portable player or flash card.
During downloads, the downloaded files are displayed in the lower part of the browser, which is called the download bar. To open the downloaded file, you need to click on its icon on the specified panel. If you move the mouse cursor to the arrow located on the left of the download icon, next to the file name, a special window will open, in which the path where this download is saved will be written. The downloaded files are mainly saved in the following folders: Mac: / Users / Windows XP: Documents and Settings Windows Vista and Windows 7: Users. Typically, when performing downloads, Windows stores them in the Downloads folder, which is located in the user folder of the Users directory, on the drive where the Windows operating system is located (for example, D: users username downloads). are saved in other folders by default. For example, saving images from web pages. If you move the mouse cursor over the image and right-click, a special window will open, in which you will need to select the phrase "Save picture as" - then the file will be saved in the "Pictures" folder by default. You can also choose the path to save the downloads yourself. To do this, go to the "Browser settings and control" folder, click "Settings", then "Additional". The folder for downloaded files is located in the "Downloads" section, where you can also check the option "Request a location to save each file before downloading". The button "Clear auto-open settings" resets the specified parameters of files that are opened by default. The Internet can save the history of downloaded files that are opened by clicking the "All downloads" button located on the right side of the downloads panel. file, it can be found through the Start menu.
