Download woes

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Stamp

Original Poster:

3,583 posts

237 months

Tuesday 1st July 2008
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I can't seem to download and install stuff on my pc. It gets so far and then says " Could not access network location %ALLUSERPROFILE%\Desktop\,
On my desktop, there is a folder %USERPROFILE% but not all user.
Please help, this is driving me mad

SlipStream77

2,153 posts

192 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2008
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It sounds like the location to which files are downloaded temporarily does not exist. Presumably it comes up with this error even before you get a dialog box asking you where to place the file(s)?

My best guess for a solution would be first to try creating the folder it is looking for manually and placing it on the desktop. If that fails, try creating a new user profile, it's what you use when you want multiple users to have differing access levels to a PC.

The third option would be to look into how to set the download location manually, search the Web for how to do this.

The last two do carry some risks, be careful when creating user profiles as you don't want to lose access to your PC. Manually changing the download location may also be risky if it involves editing system files.

Of course you can always reinstall Windows smile

Stamp

Original Poster:

3,583 posts

237 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2008
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reinstalling isn't an option until all else fails and I have no more hair left.
You are right in that it doesn't even get to ask where to download files. The machine is a one user machine and I thought I was always logged in with full permissions.