Operator stupidity & missing 5536 download

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When 5536 was available, I used the Microsoft Download Manager & saved it to
my system with the intention of burning it to a DVD later in the week.
Problem is that I neglected to note where it saved itself on my system. Now
thanks to my general stupidity, I know that I have the copy downloaded - I
just don't have the foggiest clue where it is located or what file name to
look for.

That said, can anyone with more of a clue than I have point me in the right
direction? Desktop searches have yelded nada.
 
This is why I love to use my desktop for my scratchpad. I download just
about everything there.
 
Thanks guys... but it looks like I am SOL. Every sreach option I have tried
has thus far failed. Guess I'll just have to wait until RC! becomes
available for download.

But this time I';; save it to my desktop ;-}
 
Colin Barnhorst said:
This is why I love to use my desktop for my scratchpad. I download just
about everything there.
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I use Opera and its built in download manager, and direct any downloads to a
folder I named "New Downloads" that sits on a separate partition. I go in
there once in a while and clear it out by moving the files to a more
appropriate location. But each person has their own organization method,
and, so long as it works, who cares what the system is? I like your idea,
because the file is right there as a little reminder, but I so hate a
cluttered desktop, I can not bring myself to do this.
 
I too have some big folders on the external disk drives. One of them is
called Installers. I never just Run a download. I always save it and then
run it. Then I move the installer to the external folder. Except for
herald files, of course.
 
I had the same issue with the pre rc1 I downloaded it to the desktop on
completion of the download you normally see the file being transferred from
the temp directory to the desktop , but this didn't happen in my case I did
however find it under "users" "mylogon name" "desktop folder" but it was
only 721kb in size as this was second instance of this issue I had taken
note of my used space on the drive which had actually grown by about 2.5Gb
so it must of been somewhere but I failed to find it and even if I did the
data most probably would of been corrupt so I cleared my temp files and
decided to give it a miss and try to download it again during which the
program closed
 
Daphne Foldes said:
Hello

Have you tried a search for "iso" only


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I had the same problem and the file is nowhere, so don't waste any more time
looking! There must be some kind of bug (at least in Beta2) that causes the
file to be lost when it is moving it to one's download folder. I had it
happen several times, but the length of this download made it maddening.
After it happened, I downloaded the file using my WinXP machine rather than
Vista. I THINK it might have to do with changing the location of my download
folder (as I keep my data on a different partition than my os.) However, I'm
not sure of that. I'm just thinking that the MS download manager (Akaimi or
whatever) might default to the original location, which I had changed. Does
this perhaps apply to you? Hopefully if it was a bug, it is cleared up in
RC1.
 
Knowing that it was possibly a glitch instead of a bonehead move on my part
makes me feel a bit better. And yes - this was not the first time this
happened to me. Same thing happened with my nitial Vista Beta download too.
I think you may have a valid point with your comment on the download manager.

I searched through files by size, name and every other suggested
combination. No luck.
Next time I'll be saving to the desktop.
 
HagarTheHorrible said:
When 5536 was available, I used the Microsoft Download Manager & saved it to
my system with the intention of burning it to a DVD later in the week.
Problem is that I neglected to note where it saved itself on my system. Now
thanks to my general stupidity, I know that I have the copy downloaded - I
just don't have the foggiest clue where it is located or what file name to
look for.

That said, can anyone with more of a clue than I have point me in the right
direction? Desktop searches have yelded nada.
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I Had the same problem as what Jo had experienced. I downloaded Pre-Rc1 using
beta 2,
and after 5 hours of downloading, I could not find the file in any folder. I
tried to download it
again and Akaimai download manager asked if I would like to overwrite the Pre-
Pc1 file even
though I could not see it on that folder. So I just used XP to download it
and was able
to get the Pre-Rc1. I don't know if this is a bug or what.
 
HagarTheHorrible said:
When 5536 was available, I used the Microsoft Download Manager & saved it to
my system with the intention of burning it to a DVD later in the week.
Problem is that I neglected to note where it saved itself on my system. Now
thanks to my general stupidity, I know that I have the copy downloaded - I
just don't have the foggiest clue where it is located or what file name to
look for.

That said, can anyone with more of a clue than I have point me in the right
direction? Desktop searches have yelded nada.
Click to expand...


I Had the same problem as what Jo had experienced. I downloaded Pre-Rc1 using
beta 2,
and after 5 hours of downloading, I could not find the file in any folder. I
tried to download it
again and Akaimai download manager asked if I would like to overwrite the Pre-
Pc1 file even
though I could not see it on that folder. So I just used XP to download it
and was able
to get the Pre-Rc1. I don't know if this is a bug or what.
 
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