Get Friendly With Your Downloads Folder (Page 2): I have lots of things on lists, and most never get done. I still have to remove that dead dog from my front lawn and fix the flat tire...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

markngolf wrote:

You made me curious, Jerry. Mine is 30 GB. Cleaning up goes on the list of "things I should, but never do".

Mark

I have lots of things on lists, and most never get done. I still have to remove that dead dog from my front lawn and fix the flat tire on my car.

Tommg

Mark, sounds like a great idea, I had no idea that it was possible to change the location of the "downloads" folder. All this time seems as though I just went along to get along! Is it too late to relocate the folder (already have windows 10 and many other programs installed). I also have an ssd with the OS and programs, an internal drive with all data, a internal drive with all my pictures and a internal drive with backups of data drive & picture drive plus several external drives

Enjoyed your post a few days ago on how you recovered from a crash using Acronis and the several backups you had made ... I have acronis 2018 but still not sure how to make a "disk image" from which I could recover the OS and all my programs, need to get moving on that project.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Tommg wrote:

Mark, sounds like a great idea, I had no idea that... (show quote)

I don't use Documents, either. I have My Files on the D drive for all my word processing files. The same with My Pictures and My Music. There is no data on C.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Thanks for the comments, Tom!
Actually, doing that in Acronis is very easy. I'd be happy to send you the few step - by step instructions to accomplish it. PM me and let me know if I can help. Acronis also has "Chat support"
that is excellent.
Mark

Tommg wrote:

Mark, sounds like a great idea, I had no idea that... (show quote)

gnawbone Loc: Southern Indiana

I do the same thing for the same reason but also because I live out in the middle of nowhere and have satellite internet. For those of you that don't know how that works I have a data limit per month (30 gb during "prime time - 8AM to 2AM). That amounts to 1 gb / day and that can go by pretty quickly if you're on UHH looking at pictures!

My brother lives in South Bend and he told me his family uses around 20-30 gb a day! They stream everything - no cable tv. So, I do my best to avoid re-downloading software whenever I can.

markngolf wrote:

.........

I recommend copying or moving your Downloads folder to another location - external drive - flash drive - an internal drive other than your operating system drive (C for most people). Remember to direct downloads to that location. It may save, "your butt"!
Mark

texasdan78070 Loc: Texas Hill Country

Mark...you seem comfortable doing things with your computer, so I have a question. In file explorer, if I send a file to my email contact, it says it can't cause you don't have an email associated with this file. I've never done an association that I'm aware of. I hope it's easy. I use gmail if that helps. Many thanks.

Dan

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Hi Dan,
To send a file via email, (I use Gmail) I compose an email, click on add attachment button/icon, then navigate to the file and double click it. I have never done an association in File Explorer either.
Not even sure one can. What kind of file are you attempting to email?
Mark

texasdan78070 wrote:

Mark...you seem comfortable doing things with your computer, so I have a question. In file explorer, if I send a file to my email contact, it says it can't cause you don't have an email associated with this file. I've never done an association that I'm aware of. I hope it's easy. I use gmail if that helps. Many thanks.

Dan

texasdan78070 Loc: Texas Hill Country

markngolf wrote:

Hi Dan,
To send a file via email, (I use Gmail) I compose an email, click on add attachment button/icon, then navigate to the file and double click it. I have never done an association in File Explorer either.
Not even sure one can. What kind of file are you attempting to email?
Mark

It was a picture. I can attach a file or picture the way you said, but I was trying to send the picture from where the picture was and that's when I got the association thing.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

That can be done, providing you have configured one of the email clients available in Microsoft. I do not do that. I use Gmail and can only send via an attachment. I do not have a need to do it any other way. If I want to share many images with groups, I use one of my Shutterfly sites or Dropbox and send a link.
Mark

texasdan78070 wrote:

It was a picture. I can attach a file or picture the way you said, but I was trying to send the picture from where the picture was and that's when I got the association thing.

texasdan78070 Loc: Texas Hill Country

markngolf wrote:

That can be done, providing you have configured one of the email clients available in Microsoft. I do not do that. I use Gmail and can only send via an attachment. I do not have a need to do it any other way. If I want to share many images with groups, I use one of my Shutterfly sites or Dropbox and send a link.
Mark

Good idea. I will get back to doing it that way since I have 2 Shutterfly websites set up for car shows. Thanks for your time. You've been very helpful and I appreciate it much.

Dan

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Glad I was some help, Dan.
Sounds like you are all set now.
BTW:I lived in El Paso 59 - 60' In the Army - stationed at White Sands Missile Range.
Good luck.
Mark

texasdan78070 wrote:

Good idea. I will get back to doing it that way since I have 2 Shutterfly websites set up for car shows. Thanks for your time. You've been very helpful and I appreciate it much.

Dan