@ jennifer you could look for them using your computers search/find files function goto your start button ... then single left mouse click it ...scroll up the list to the word
search tab and you should get a sub menu of
find files/folders click the sub menu and you should get a box for searching for files and folders
we are going to search the whole computer ....
so
choose to search
all files and folders
in the
all or part name box type the name of the file you are looking for (this will be the name of the file you just downloaded) so type it in
if you are unsure go back to the download page and look at the name of the file it offers when you click download
then hit search
this should search your hard drive/drives and find your missing downloads (make a note of this location for future reference )
when you find it see if you can get to it finding your way through MY COMPUTER then your drive name then follow any other path names you see when you searched
an example would be
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\filename.exe with filename.exe being in this case the searched for and now found file
hope this helps jennifer1970
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