I feel this way about iOS.
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Mobile in general. At one point, I tried setting up Syncthing to be able to manage files remotely for vlc, but android wouldn't let the two programs access the same space with read/write permissions.
Last week, I was trying to convert a video and the program(FFShare) wouldn't tell me where it was even saving the file to.
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First thing I install on a windows puter is "Everything" app by Voidtools. I don't know how windows users can find anything at all without it. It's a must.
How do you save stuff without knowing where you're saving it? Genuinely curious, as I really don't understand what this meme is referring to. Windows search has also become better over the years, and recently it's been good enough for my uses. "Everything" is still a handy tool though.
Almost all software that I use, ask about the target location and/or filename when you save it. There's also some software with default saving location, but it's usually quite easy to find out from i.e. settings or some other part of the interface.
Also - saving stuff to unknown folders is related to the software not being clear about the target folder, I don't really know why people would blame Windows for the software being unclear. Unless we're talking about something specific to Windows which I'm just not familiar with. :D
As with all MS updates in recent years, they keep making it harder to actually see the folder structure. In Office I have to click like three more times than I used to in order to actually see the ancient folder interface to select the drive and folder I need to save in. I don't understand why they would do this. The new interface would be perfectly fine if it had 1/4 the functionality of the Win95 interface.
I understand a ton of young college grads have literally no idea how file/folder structure works. I've heard horror stories about the engineering new hires.
Once upon a time windows had absolute pathing. When you saved, it went in the directory you were in out where you told it.
Some time ago windows went to path relative to user. So now when you save to 'desktop' it could be one of several desktop folders. Windows tries to hide this by mapping 'desktop' to your user relative desktop, but it does this at the application level rather than in the base O/S. (Or, it does it on extended file system APIs). Some apps handle it, some apps don't. If you have multiple users on a PC, it's a mess.
It gets further complicated by things like OneDrive. My mom was surprised a few weeks ago by how much stuff was being saved to the cloud instead of in a local folder, because Windows doesn't make it particularly obvious when one is in the local Documents, or the OneDrive Documents
My second install after Firefox. Did you know there is a beta version with dark mode? https://www.voidtools.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=9787
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Microsoft Outlook puts attachments that you open in some insane temporary folder. That's fine for viewing a file but god forbid you save without changing the full path.
Also it deletes calendar invites once accepted. People put other stuff in those emails! Like meeting links and stuff. Why would you delete that???????
Those meeting invites get deleted but the content should still be on the actual scheduled meeting if you open it from the calendar.
Untick the option in settings
You can do that??
Thank you so much!
At my school, some people would not accept invites for this reason. Very annoying but less so than being forced to use Microsoft products.
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I am confused? Do you guys not check where you are saving something?
I always check to save it in the Downloads folder but I swear that sometimes it puts it someplace random
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Probably to the downloads folder, or to the directory you selected when saving it.
Google drive does this even more, and every month or so they make the ‘show file location’ harder to find
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When the Microsoft AI robot at hospital can't decide whether to save you or save you as.
Come on, this is easy! It was saved wherever you last saved something!
You remember where that was, right? Right?
How could I forget about my desktop?
People have always made fun of me for saving everything on my desktop, but at least I always know where shit is.
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The one that bugs me is that they don’t have a “Home” link by default on the explorer sidebar. When I first install windows I add it, but when I have to help someone else for some reason and have to go to the home directory the easiest way to do it is to go through “This PC”>C:>Users>[Name] then try to find what they are looking for. Why not just open that location at default instead of the nebulous “everything you’ve ever used or interacted with”? Half the time it’s full of garbage or one off files they have no interest in reviewing but are too afraid to delete.
Better yet, why not auto sort web downloads based on file extensions to their relevant home folder? I had that setup on a Linux box for a minute and I legit miss it.
How does everyone sort their files anyway? I remember a few years ago it used to be really easy to find the newest Download file but now it seems like for no rhyme or reason some files go to the bottom of my folder (but not the VERY bottom!) and I'm stuck there sucking my thumb wondering if I actually downloaded it or not. I try setting it to "last updated/last modified" but that makes it just as confusing with different file extensions.
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The thing that bugs me is how the sidebar is basically gimped by default. A couple tick boxes in the Folder Options and it will always open to the folder you're in, then you can jump through the tree of folders without just going up and down branches. They simplify it so much that it becomes less practical.
They simplify it so much it becomes less practical.
Yeah. My habit and instinct as someone who understands file trees is to open somewhere like Downloads then use the go up one directory button to home, but windows doesn’t want to do that, it basically acts as a back button in that instance and dumps you back to the recents window.
I feel like I’ll never have the perfect setup because I’m too opinionated to want to deal with windows, and have too many niche games and software that were coded like shit to run well in wine or proton (like Kingdom Hearts 1+2 on PC that switches renderer for video cutscenes and break the compatibility layer. Who wants to play a Disney JRPG without the cutscenes and videos?).
I hate this meme. It's downloads/documents or wherever you saved the document the first time. And you chose that location.
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appdata go brrrrrrrt
dont need to worry just ask the NSA where your files are
Windows is the only operating system I’ve used that I’ve never had this problem with before.
Default save folder is Documents
ok, but which documents folder, and where actually is it?
Because if you have onedrive installed then that does not sync your documents folder. It syncs its own folder that it puts god knows where. And then does its best to have explorer open its folder instead of your documents folder. Which does not always work. So sometimes you get an app that actually opens "c:/users/username/documents" and it'll be empty
If you have the option to sync documents folder with onedrive, its the same one.
If you don’t, I’m assuming the autosave with cloud enabled will save it in a different documents folder inside onedrive folder. This onedrive folder is by default in your user folder, but you should have quick access to it in the list of folder on the left of the explorer window, or by double clicking on the onedrive icon in the taskbar.
The only time it can be tricky to locate these files is when the app closes unexpectedly (for whatever reason), and you have to try to locate the .tmp file in the appdata.
Otherwise, the only chance your file is somewhere else is if you edit an existing file or if you save it in another location by mistake. This is easily solved by checking the latest saved files.
It’s not as tricky as you’re trying to make it out to be
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Sometimes it's the last folder you saved to. Sometimes it's OneDrive. Word these days really likes to push you to OneDrive or other MS services, it takes effort to save where you want.
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Or you can just go to Recent Files and rclick the file and select "Open File Location".
This is my experience with Android, not Windows. Pretty much everything I use in Windows either asks every time or dumps your files in the Downloads folder.
If you use your eyes and brain to pay attention to where you save things this becomes a complete non-issue on virtually every OS.
Congratulations, you've defeated this meme!
Your plaque and bronze statuette will be mailed with great haste as soon as I can figure out where my shipping manifest got saved to.
Download everything from voidtools for windows.
You're welcome, enjoy the best search ever.
This is Mac for me. 14 things I can click on the left of the file explorer that show me the same exact files... sometimes in a different order.
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