Missing download folder

Anonymous
2020-05-16T15:49:55+00:00

I cannot download programs. When sellecting “run” i get the message that the download directory cannot be accessed. Anyone know a fix?

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-05-18T21:09:38+00:00

    I have just completed a reinstall of windows. Still no luck downloading but I do see this error message and have provided a screenshot.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-05-18T22:09:55+00:00

    This is what  I see at c users download

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-05-19T05:43:50+00:00

    It seems like, your default download location is set to One drive Downloads folder. So click on the Change button and change to C:\downloads

    Or if you want to keep using One Drive downloads folder, then make sure, you have Set up One Drive on your computer.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-05-19T20:45:01+00:00

    I ended up reinstallin windows again. This time without savings files, etc. I can now download anything. 

    Thank you very much for all you help.

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