How do I set a different folder than the Windows MyDocuments/Downloads folder? I do not use 'My Documents' at all, all my saved files go to other hard drives for storage, and I do not want to bother with the My Docs route. I used to have downloads set to
I want to set a different folder from the My Documents/Downloads folder for Firefox to put everything I download, like I used to have it. I recently rebuilt my computer and reinstalled everything from WinXP to security software to Firefox, and I cannot find any options anywhere to set a different folder like I used to have it... with the same software, other than it being a newer iteration of Ff. So tell me, am I losing my mind so bad that I just can't remember how I did it before, or have things changed so much that what I want is no longer possible? Please, someone tell me how to set it to do what I want, I can't stand to have what I do on my computer dictated by programmers who only think that they know what people want. If that sounds a little angry, I apologize with the disclaimer that I suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and therefore cannot handle frustration... and this kind of thing frustrates me to the point of rage.
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Tools > Options - General tab = Downloads Set your preferences there.
That seems to have done it, thanks a lot. Sorry for being such a dummy ;-), it's just so hard to remember all the little things to get back to how I had my machine running the way I like after a few years of not having to think about the details.
No problem. I set preferences like that through a user.js file, and when I install a new version of Firefox and create a new Profile for the new version, I just copy that user.js file over to that new Profiles so all my preferences are in the new version / Profile.