Macro / shortcut to download file and save to specific folder?

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vardman
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Post by vardman » Sep 11th, ’22, 13:18

I need to download a lot of images for my work. They clutter up my default download folder. I would like to save them to a specific folder by using a macro or shortcut.

Is this something that could be achieved with fastkeys?
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Tom
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Post by Tom » Sep 12th, ’22, 11:53

This will move all files from Downloads folder to another folder (Type: Command):

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FileMove, C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\*.*, D:\MyFolder\
https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/commands/FileMove.htm
wetware05
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Post by wetware05 » Sep 17th, ’22, 10:43

Browsers download in the path that Windows has by default. You can tell the browser to be a different route. Nor is it necessary to change the route forever. Some, like Vivaldi, download things "where last", but reopening them downloads to the default directory. I have several browsers installed. Each one uses it for a different function (some keep the last open pages, others delete everything at the end and start without any page), and each of them downloads in a different directory.

My suggestion is to install a second browser for the image download process and assign it a different download path.

(Opera GX or Opera Crypto, in addition to Vivaldi, are two good options).
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