How to download files to a different folder

Personally, moving the downloads folder to another drive is one of the first things I do after installing Windows. Before you can move downloads folder, you first have to create a new downloads folder in the new location.

The new location will be added to the properties window. You will be prompted whether you would like to move all the files from the old to new location. I recommend you to move the files so that you can access all the files in the new location.

Your Windows 10 computer saves your downloaded files in a certain folder on your hard drive. If you want, you can change this default download location on your Windows 10 PC to any other folder you like. There are many reasons you may want to change the default downloads folder on your computer.

Maybe you want to keep your downloaded files on a certain partition? Windows Registry Editor lets you tweak many settings on your machine. This includes changing the default downloads location on your Windows 10 PC. You can also create a hierarchy of folders as I did here for GIFs.

This only will be the case for big websites like Facebook, Twitter and others. To check the URL, just right-click on an image and open it in a new tab. Another option is to set Global referrer folder. Checking this option will download the file to the folder that has the same name as the source URL.

Next is rules based on file name. This too is simple. You just need to add a single keyword that should match a file name and it will be placed in the destination folder. You can set advanced keywords as shown below. Any of the keywords matches in the file name then it will be placed in that destination folder. Also, the keywords are NOT case-sensitive. Next, you need to set which rule type will execute first.

Becuase, the image you downloaded had the keyword batman thatmatched with file name rule. When you copy a file or folder in Windows 10, a duplicate is made of the selected item and saved in a destination folder of your choosing. However, when you move a file or folder, the original item moves to the destination folder instead of sending an identical copy.

One of the most common methods to copy or move a file or folder is to drag and drop it into the destination folder. By default—depending on the location of the destination folder—File Explorer might move it instead of copying it, or vice versa. When dragging files from one folder to another, you can use either the pane on the left or open another instance of File Explorer to navigate to the destination folder. Windows has two default actions when you drag and drop a file or folder into a new destination: copy or move.

Copying happens when you drop the file or folder into a directory on a different drive. To copy files over to a different drive, highlight the file s you want to copy, click and drag them over to the second window, and then drop them. Before you drop them, though, press Ctrl to trigger the Copy mode. To move files to a different directory on the same drive, highlight the file s you want to move, click and drag them over to the second window, and then drop them.

If the destination folder is on a different drive, click and drag them over to the second window just like before, but this time press Shift to trigger the Move mode. When you right-click a file or folder, Windows has a couple of hidden context menu functions that let you add two options: Copy to or Move to.

Adding these two functions to the context menu gives you a way to either copy or move items in just a few clicks. One of the fastest ways to open a Command Prompt in the desired directory is from File Explorer.

First, open File Explorer and navigate to the destination. The quotes in the command are only important when the file name or folder contains spaces. You can also use the copy command to duplicate multiple files at the same time. Just separate each file with a comma, and then specify the destination folder as you normally would. Just as with copying, the quotes in the command are only important when the file name or folder contains spaces. However, if you try to move multiple files, as we did with the copy command, Command Prompt will throw a syntax error.

There are a couple of other ways to move more than one item at a time using Command Prompt without throwing an error. Each method makes use of a wildcard character to move multiple files within one instruction.