Hi,
"Search" relies heavily on the indexing, and if it's set to only index your
user environment it will not locate anything stored outside of it. I would
suggest you just type the path to the save location into the address bar of
Windows Explorer or into the search line instead.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -
www.rickrogers.org
"Lon Carpenter" <lcarpenter@satx.rr.com> wrote in message
news:8zEXg.46953$DU3.7297@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> Rick - Yes, I know to be sure and remember the file I identified for
> saving the file. Unfortunately, everything appears normal during the
> download except when I finish, not only is the file not where it should
> be, it can't be found on "search" anywhere on the computer.
> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23YwvtIm7GHA.2092@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> When you download and select save, you are prompted as to where to place
>> the file. The default location is the user's documents folder. You should
>> always make note of where you are downloading to or else how are you
>> going to know where to go once its done?.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "Lon Carpenter" <lcarpenter@satx.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:LezXg.46844$DU3.33522@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>>>I am unable to download anything from the internet. It appears to be
>>>downloading, but doesn't register anywhere on my drives. Help!
>>
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