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Old 08-07-2008
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How to auto open a folder
Hey everybody! I am currently running Firefox 3.01,which is great. In Firefox's options menu I have set the browser to download files to a custom download folder in windows (Xp). My question is, is it possible make windows automatically open the download folder after a download completes, and how can it be done?
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Old 08-07-2008
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Well, you can write a script to do that. Some file utilities will do that. But it reduces your security substantially.
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Old 08-07-2008
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Like raybay said you can write a script. But the easiest way to access the folder is to go to
1.Click Tools
2.Click Downloads or ctrl+j and skip first step
Now the downloads folder will pop up.
Right click on the file you just D/loaded and left click open containing folder
Now that will get you to the "custom" folder but that is as close to automatic as i know. Hope that helped somewhat!
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Old 08-07-2008
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Like raybay said you can write a script. But the easiest way to access the folder is to go to
1.Click Tools
2.Click Downloads or ctrl+j and skip first step
Now the downloads folder will pop up.
Right click on the file you just D/loaded and left click open containing folder
Now that will get you to the "custom" folder but that is as close to automatic as i know. Hope that helped somewhat!
How do i get this done automatically?
Last edited by tw0rld; 08-07-2008 at 02:36 PM..
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Old 08-07-2008
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Originally Posted by larryiam View Post
Like raybay said you can write a script. But the easiest way to access the folder is to go to
1.Click Tools
2.Click Downloads or ctrl+j and skip first step
Now the downloads folder will pop up.
Right click on the file you just D/loaded and left click open containing folder
Now that will get you to the "custom" folder but that is as close to automatic as i know. Hope that helped somewhat!
How do i get this to happen automatically? Is there a way to do it in regedit? sorry for posting twice.
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Old 08-07-2008
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Well not that i kno of....maybe someone else knows?
Sorry
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