[WEB4LIB] question re: Netscape 4.08 (professional)

[Mary Martin]

I think there is a way to do this, but it's a bit obscure. If you are running
Windows NT or Windows 95, do the following:

1. Close all open Netscape windows.
2. At the desktop, right-click the Netscape icon and choose Properties.
3. Go to the Shortcut tab.
4. In the "Start in" box, type the path to the directory where you want
documents to be saved in. (Delete the current path, if any.) Then click OK.
5. When you go into Netscape and save a document, it should now default to the
directory you specified in "Start in."

Hope this helps!
Mary
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Mary C. Martin, Computer/Technical Services Librarian
Fort Smith Public Library
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mmartin at fspl.lib.ar.us
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Darryl Friesen wrote:

> >I've looked at preferences and <blush> to admit that I can't see where one
> >designates the download directory for saving files.
>
> I don't think you can.  My experience has been it defaults to same directory
> used the last time the "Save As..." dialog appeared.  It's up to the user to
> specify were they want to save a file each time they download one.
>
> - Darryl
>
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