Where does Windows 7 hide files?

On 20/01/2012 12:53 PM, Steve Hayes wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:03:43 -0500, Yousuf Khan<>
> wrote:
>
>> You're talking about the installer image, or the final installed
>> program? I assume you're talking about the installer image. It depends
>> on what is downloading the update for you. If it's the previous version
>> of the program, then it's likely being downloaded to one of the temp
>> directories. If it's Internet Explorer or Firefox, then it's somewhere
>> else which you set.
>
> And sounds like it's a hidden temp directory too.

Just type "%temp%" in Explorer's address bar.

Yousuf Khan

You should take a look at where Win 7 stores Eudora files, very convulated.

Regarding downloads, they seem to show up in the downloads directory, or in
some cases some sort of temp directory.


"Steve Hayes" <> wrote in message
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> One of the things I dislike about Windows 7 is that it hides files and one
> can
> waste a lot of time trying to find them.
>
> The latest one that it has done this to is an update to Acronis.
>
> I downloaded it yesterday, all 250 or so megabytes of it, and i can't find
> the
> file. I can find the download of the previous version in the C:\Download
> directory, where, if I remember correctly I asked it to put downloaded
> files.
>
> When I run Acronis, it tells me there is an updated version ready to
> install,
> but I cannot find the file.
>
> Any hints about where I could look?
>
>
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