download directory of "Video Downloadhelper" in Firefox

[blanc]

Hi,

how to change the default download directory to a desired place? It always returns to „\dwhelper“ after a new configuration.

[[ss]vegeta]

I wanted this since forever. Unfortunately, many years ago, I've been searching and never actually found a way to do this... and it's a shame, it's such a simple option.

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

Can you come at the problem from a different direction? Linux has an 'ln' command that makes a symbolic or hard link between two directories allowing one to masquerade as the other. Does windows allow this?

[Quint]

No way to change it when you locate the xpi, unzip it and try to change parameters somewhere in "content" either? Had been often my last change for something like this.

[jack_666]

https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16226/complete-guide-to-symbolic-links-symlinks-on-windows-or-linux/

The below command creates a symbolic, or “soft”, link at Link pointing to the file Target :


mklink Link Target
Use /D when you want to create a soft link pointing to a directory. like so:


mklink /D Link Target
Use /H when you want to create a hard link pointing to a file:


mklink /H Link Target
Use /J to create a hard link pointing to a directory, also known as a directory junction:


mklink /J Link Target

[Quint]

Looks nice but what for? Physically the files will still be in the default directory, somewhere under "C:\". So if your system partition is too small to save a lot of GBs it won't be of much use to create a soft link.

[jack_666]

For example, let’s say you have a program that needs its files at C:\Program. You’d really like to store this directory at D:\Stuff, but the program requires that its files be at C:\Program. You could move the original directory from C:\Program to D:\Stuff, and then create a symbolic link at C:\Program pointing to D:\Stuff. When you relaunch the program, it will try to access its directory at C:\Program. Windows will automatically redirect it to D:\Stuff, and everything will just work as if it were in C:\Program.

[LZAA]

Do not look at 'dwhelper'. It is not necessary to change it.
Select the 'Downloader -> Browser' in the settings.
He will save to the directory for loading the browser.