Downloading 101

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Downloading is a simple process.

Downloading is the process of copying a file (such as a program) from one computer to another across the Internet. When you download a program from our web site, it means you are copying it from our web server to your own computer. This allows you to install and use the program on your own computer.

First make a folder for your downloads to live in.

Double click on "My Computer" on your desktop. This will open up a window something like this one.

Double click on the "C" drive in this window, this opens up the list of folders on your hard drive. Most computers default to viewing icons like the window below.

If you find it hard to read change the view to list. Click on View, then list. Then it will look like this.

Click on File in the upper left of the window, then click on new and then click on folder.

The new folder will be added at the bottom of all the other folders and files, so scroll down to it. You are ready to rename this folder "downloads." RIGHT click on the folder named "New Folder" and select "rename" from the list that appears. Type in "Downloads" and press enter. Congratulations! Now you have an easy to find place to put your downloads.

What do I do with the download?

Should it be opened from where it lies? Or should it be saved on your computer's hard drive? Let's use a few pictures to help explain.

If you use the Internet Explorer browser, and click a download link, a dialog box appears with questions about what you want done with the file:

Your options: Run the program, or Save the program to your hard disk. Always choose the Save option. You want the file located on your hard drive, right?

Making sense of the Save As window

When this box comes up it will probably not be showing your new "downloads" folder that you created earlier. You will have to navigate to it by clicking on the folder with the up arrow icon until you get to your C drive, and then double click on your "downloads" folder to open it. When the "downloads" folder is open it will say "downloads" in the little "Save In:" space, just like in the example below.

When you are in the "download" folder click the save button. Your download will start.

When the process finishes, you'll see a new window that confirms the success of your download.

If you want to open the program and have it installed immediately, click the Open button. The program you've downloaded will be opened and installed. Make sure that you do not have virus software open and running when you install software. Your software will most likely not install properly when virus software is running.

If you click the Open Folder button, then the folder into which you've sent the downloaded file will open. Or, click the Close button to close the dialog box. You can then open the program you just downloaded by locating it your downloads folder (if you indeed gave Windows instructions to save it there) and double clicking to start its unzipping, unpacking, or opening routine.

Download to your heart's content

That's really all there is to know about downloading files from the Internet. You simply save the file to a folder location on your computer's hard drive. Then you double click the file to start it.