Change default Downloads folder in Edge

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  1. Posts : 1,249
    Windows 8.1, Win10Pro
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    Change default Downloads folder in Edge


    Anyone know how to change the default Downloads folder in Edge in build 10159?

    I've looked through all the settings, including the Advanced ones, and there's nowhere to change this.
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  2. Posts : 22
    Win 10
       #2

    Did you change the default downloads folder path?

    If not, if you right click on the downloads folder, under the Location tab, you can change the location
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  3. Posts : 1,249
    Windows 8.1, Win10Pro
    Thread Starter
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    mayorville said:
    Did you change the default downloads folder path?

    If not, if you right click on the downloads folder, under the Location tab, you can change the location
    Where is this "locations tab"? I see no such tab under Edge on my PC.
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  4. Posts : 289
    Windows 10 Home
       #4

    Mark Phelps said:
    Where is this "locations tab"? I see no such tab under Edge on my PC.
    File Explorer>>Downloads>>Right Click on it>>Properties>>Location and you can send your downloads anywhere you want them.
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  5. Posts : 22,740
    Windows 10 Home x64
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    cbwilsha said:
    File Explorer>>Downloads>>Right Click on it>>Properties>>Location and you can send your downloads anywhere you want them.
    Thanks for the tip.
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  6. Posts : 68,543
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    Mark Phelps said:
    Anyone know how to change the default Downloads folder in Edge in build 10159?

    I've looked through all the settings, including the Advanced ones, and there's nowhere to change this.
    Hey Mark, @Mark Phelps

    Here's a new tutorial for how to change the default downloads folder in Microsoft Edge. :)

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/8...dows-10-a.html
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  7. Posts : 1,249
    Windows 8.1, Win10Pro
    Thread Starter
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    Thanks, Brink -- that worked. However, I went through the steps to try to change it from File Manager, and that did NOT work. It would not allow me to select a different Downloads directory. And, when I checked in regedit, there was no DefaultDownloadDirectory key there.
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  8. Posts : 1,249
    Windows 8.1, Win10Pro
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    BunnyJ said:
    Thanks for the tip.
    Except ... the tip did not work. In the Location tab, there are three buttons, the right two of which are Move and Find Target. I clicked the right one, navigated to the folder, but try as I could, it would not let me select that folder. There's no Save button or anything like that in File Explorer. You just have to close the window -- and when you're returned to the Location tab, the old default folder is still there.

    I tried it a second time, and this time, clicked the Move button -- and while the contents of the default folder were (in fact) moved to the other folder, once I closed the window, the old default folder was still there.

    And, when I used the regedit hack that Brink provided, inside the Edge entries, there was no DefaultDownloadDirectory key -- I had to create one.
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  9. Posts : 68,543
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    Mark Phelps said:
    And, when I used the regedit hack that Brink provided, inside the Edge entries, there was no DefaultDownloadDirectory key -- I had to create one.
    Yeah, it's not there by default, and needs to be created.

    I'm pretty sure Microsoft will have a setting in Microsoft Edge settings for this by the RTM build though. If/when they do, I'll add that option to the tutorial as well. :)
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  10. Posts : 17,838
    Windows 10
       #10

    Brink said:
    Here's a new tutorial for how to change the default downloads folder in Microsoft Edge. :)

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/8...dows-10-a.html
    Excellent Shawn! :)
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