Terri: Ta daaaa! That's your answer.. never click 'run'.. always click 'save' and then you tell it where you want to save it. Like I said before.. I save to desktop so I can find it.
Where do the downloads go?
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watcher13
offlineMemberYou're quite welcome, Terri. It's possible the file might actually be in temporary storage. But since you searched, and since you, hopefully, can download it again and save it, it's probably not worth looking in the two mostly likely locations for it. In any case, glad you stuck with it. A lot of people get understandably frustrated. But, with a little patience, more problems are solvable than a lot of people think.
But, like I said, if a run operation fails the file isn't assigned a permanent storage place and probably isn't registered at all. The way Run is supposed to work is that the file is Run remotely. It isn't exactly that way, but you could say the install is being done from the place your downloading from, rather than internally on your computer. In fact, a lot of people feel that Run isn't really safe. They feel you have a lot more control against bad stuff if you run installs from your machine. It's a debatable point.
Posted 4 months ago # -
Terri218
offlineMemberI paid more attention today when I downloaded a BFG game. The Run/Save option only appears on the first screen which is actually for the BFG downloader. The second screen which is for the game itself does not give me a Save option, only a Run option, so there is nothing I can do about it. I've never had a problem figuring out where BFG is installing, it's just some of the other sites.
Posted 4 months ago # -
watcher13
offlineMemberYeah, that could be a variation of what I was talking about. The BFG downloader is, obviously, taking control of the situation and may be installing the actual game remotely from the site. Or it may be happening on your machine and BFG just doesn't want to give you control over the install, in other words the ability to install without going through the downloader. I've never tried, so I couldn't say.
Posted 4 months ago # -
http://unlockforus.blogspot.com/2008/07/vistaxp-ie-how-to-show-file-download.html
[Vista/XP-IE] How to Show the File Download Window after "Always ask before opening this type of file" was Unchecked
If Internet Explorer (IE7 or maybe IE8)
Posted 4 months ago # -
Terri218
offlineMemberI found out today that with BFG you can specify where you want your games to download to if you change the options settings in your Game Manager. It amazes me that they don't make this information public until you've had numerous problems and finally get to the correct Customer Support person who tells you about it.
Posted 3 months ago # -
Dragonlair
offlineMemberTerri, that's where they are installed, not downloaded. You don't really get a "download" install program from them, just a stub (which I let it handle itself) and the installed program. You are supposed to be able to re-download in case of a problem.
At least they give you a choice. I had real problems with REAL and they said when you upgraded their manager, you would get a choice - I didn't. They said I was stuck now since even an uninstall/re-install wouldn't fix it. That told me where to look and I did re-direct it ---- in the Registry. I did a regedit and CAREFULLY changed the one record!
Posted 3 months ago #
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