If you use FireFox's Download manager, it also downloads all files into a temporary folder. It used to offer me the opportunity of specifying where I wanted the downloads stored but FireFox 5 no longer offers that opportunity. I'm not sure why it was changed. BJ On 8/6/2011 12:32 PM, Rosemary Jones wrote: > OR, use Firefox. I had the same trouble with Vista. IE puts the downloads > into a temp hidden directory. > > Rosemary > > On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Courtney<sitnah@cox.net> wrote: > >> This appears to be Windows 7 trying to protect you from unsafe downloads, >> so >> it apparently puts the download somewhere else in a temp folder or >> something >> >> Two solutions: >> >> Run IE 8 as administrator (right click icon, run as Admin) when you are >> going to download images from Ancestry >> >> OR >> >> Add *.ancestry.com to your trusted sites in IE8 >> >> >> Courtney >> sitnah@cox.net >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Tony Knight"<tony@ritter.demon.co.uk> >> >>> My normal practice is to approach Ancestry through my browser. I don't >> use >>> the merge facility >>> >>> In Windows 7 using IE8 I am looking at the 19th Century California Voter >>> Registers. >>> >>> Unlike SAR I do have the Save option, I therefore try to save to my >>> desktop. >>> It appears to save, but when I look it is not there. If however I >> download >>> to a memory card it is and can be viewed with an image viewer. I have >> seen >>> this before with other databases. >>>

BJ I don't have that problem, not with FF 3.6 or FF 5. There has to be a preference set somewhere. And I use FF Download manager. I just looked at the options and I've ticked "Always ask me where to save files". Rosemary On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 2:43 PM, BJ <bhamilton3@cox.net> wrote: > If you use FireFox's Download manager, it also downloads all files into > a temporary folder. It used to offer me the opportunity of specifying > where I wanted the downloads stored but FireFox 5 no longer offers that > opportunity. I'm not sure why it was changed. > > BJ > > On 8/6/2011 12:32 PM, Rosemary Jones wrote: > > OR, use Firefox. I had the same trouble with Vista. IE puts the downloads > > into a temp hidden directory. > > > > Rosemary > > > > On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Courtney<sitnah@cox.net> wrote: > > > >> This appears to be Windows 7 trying to protect you from unsafe > downloads, > >> so > >> it apparently puts the download somewhere else in a temp folder or > >> something > >> > >> Two solutions: > >> > >> Run IE 8 as administrator (right click icon, run as Admin) when you are > >> going to download images from Ancestry > >> > >> OR > >> > >> Add *.ancestry.com to your trusted sites in IE8 > >> > >> > >> Courtney > >> sitnah@cox.net > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------- > >> From: "Tony Knight"<tony@ritter.demon.co.uk> > >> > >>> My normal practice is to approach Ancestry through my browser. I don't > >> use > >>> the merge facility > >>> > >>> In Windows 7 using IE8 I am looking at the 19th Century California > Voter > >>> Registers. > >>> > >>> Unlike SAR I do have the Save option, I therefore try to save to my > >>> desktop. > >>> It appears to save, but when I look it is not there. If however I > >> download > >>> to a memory card it is and can be viewed with an image viewer. I have > >> seen > >>> this before with other databases. > >>> > ********************************** > List information page > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html > > Online Support for Family Tree Maker > Version 16 and earlier > http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ > > Version 2008 - 2011 > http://ftm.custhelp.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >