where are bluetooth files????

Anonymous
2012-12-14T09:42:10+00:00

I managed to send files from my phone via bluetooth.

BUT.... where are these files stored??? In previous windows versions there was a Bluetooth Exchange Folder, but no such obvious place in Windows 8.

Please advise.

Thanks

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-04-02T15:09:02+00:00

    It worked .THANKS!

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-01-13T17:47:26+00:00

    That looks great and thanks for sharing, but I don't get that dialog.  I did on 8.1 with the same hardware.  It's another feature changed for the worse in window 10.  I simply can't figure out why they've removed so many working utility features, it's amazing and stupid.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-12-29T15:24:19+00:00

    Bit late in the day but may help someone as I had this same issue on Windows 8. Seemingly there is no default folder for all Bluetooth downloads like there was in previous versions. What's more, I have found that the generic Windows 8 Bluetooth driver can act differently when a set of Bluetooth transfers have completed, for some bizarre reason.

    i) Sometimes is offers the chance to save the files to a location of your choice once the files complete: In this case, it defaults to the profile's Documents path but can be changed. So do check in the Documents folder in the first instance if you didn't specify a location yourself.

    ii) If you are *not* offered a "Save as..." prompt when the transfer completes: The downloads are usually within a temporary subfolder inside **C:\Users*<profile>\AppData\Local\Temp*. So either search this folder for recent files, or order the subfolders by date descending and hopefully you'll find the one containing your photos.

    I wouldn't be surprised if other Bluetooth drivers do different things, but these points above are worth a try. Either way, I don't really see why they couldn't just add a customisable path to the settings and remove any confusion in the first place.

    Regards,

    Lloyd

    Mine were actually in a SUB FOLDER within the TEMPS FOLDER... but this got me close enough to find them!!! Thanks...   :-)

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-05-16T04:39:27+00:00

    fuq you

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-05-16T04:38:38+00:00

    Pathetic reply... you should be fired **** ****...

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