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Learn How To Change File Download Location In Microsoft Edge Browser

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It doesn’t matter which operating system you might be using, the web browser will always save the downloaded files on the “Download” folder. But that default file saving location may not convenient for everyone and if you have got multiple disk partitions and if you want to save the downloaded files from the internet browser at a particular location, then here are the simple steps that you need to follow. Here we share you the steps involved in setting and change file download location in Microsoft edge browser.

Steps To Change File Download Location In Microsoft Edge

  • As a first step, you need to open the Microsoft edge browser in your Windows 10 run computer.
  • Then click on the menu button on the top right corner of the browser window.
  • Then click on Settings option from the drop-down options appeared there.
  • Under the Settings menu, find the downloads option.
  • Then on the right-hand side pane of the downloads, click on change button.
  • Now, you will see the pop-up window open, here you can select the folder where you wish all your downloaded files to be saved and then click on select folder option.
  • If you want, you can also enable the ‘Ask me what to do with each download’ option. This setup will show you the prompt window to select the file download location every time you download a file.

That is it. You are now done with the setup. This is how you can change file download location in edge browser.

How to Use Microsoft Edge browser’s Continue On PC feature on Android

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We have known about continue to pc option on the Microsoft edge browser. The Edge browser has been made available for Android and iOS platform and you can actually resume your browsing on your browser with the same browser and here is how you can do that.

As a first step, you need to link your mobile to the PC

  • Go to Settings on your Windows PC and then click on Phone
  • Then click on the Add Phone option which will open a dialogue box that will ask you to enter your mobile number, then it will share a link that will enable web sharing from any browser
  • It will further ask you to enter your country’s area code and enter the phone number of the device you want the link to be sent to, once entered, click on send
  • You will get a message displayed on the screen that says text sent check your phone
  • Then just close the window to see your phone name appear in the phone menu in your Windows PC
  • Then head to your Android phone, click on the link from the text message you received and install the Microsoft Apps application from the Play store
  • It will enable you to share the web page open in any other browser, just choose the option Continue on PC from the sharing menu
  • You will notice an icon at the bottom that is a smartphone with an outward arrow, click on it
  • You will then see a window pop up, select the device you wish to share the link with and to open it immediately.
  • Or you can also choose to share Continue later and the link will be sent to the action center on your PC.

Hope you learned this new feature on Microsoft edge browser with our easy step by step guide.

How to keep your Microsoft Edge quiet

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Windows 10 users might be quite aware of these annoying and irritating notifications they receive from Microsoft Edge, the new generation browser from Windows. Many of us may be used to Chrome or Firefox browsers because of their better features compared to Internet Explorer in the past and with the arrival of this new browser from Microsoft how can we shift to it all by once. It will take some time or some may not be ready to shift at all.

The thing that is annoying the users currently is the annoying notifications or pop-ups saying that Chrome isn’t battery efficient and Firefox is not safe, and thus trying to divert our attention but these will turn to be annoying for the users, so here is a simple way where the users can mute the notifications or make Microsoft Edge quiet.

It is very easy to disable notifications from the browser, just follow these simple steps

  • Open the Settings and then navigate to System
  • Then go to notifications and actions under this menu
  • Here just disable the Get tips, tricks and suggestions as you use Windows option.

This is how you can disable notifications in Windows 10.

Skype voice and video calls now work plugin-free

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Now users can now use Skype without installing built-in plugin in their browsers. Microsoft recently announced that Skype now works with Microsoft Edge without any plugins installed in their browsers, but at present this feature is available only with Microsoft Edge, this feature will not work with other browsers like IE, FIREFOX, CHROME, OPERA etc at present, the user should install Microsoft edge in order to use this feature. Windows 10 by default comes with Microsoft Edge.

Skype for the web rolled out last year for the web users. Today Microsoft announced Skype for Web, Outlook.com, Office Online and OneDrive will support this plugin free Skype video, audio calls. Now you can simply have audio/video conversations on Skype for Web, Outlook.com, Office Online or OneDrive through Edge, no additional set-up process required for Skype.

At present Microsoft edge is currently available with Windows 10. Microsoft edge is the replacement for Internet explorer in Windows 10. Microsoft edge uses ORTC technology,a standard for video streams over the Web, that helps the Skype to work without plugin in Microsoft edge.

All Skype one-to-one calls from Microsoft Edge to the users who are using latest versions of Skype for Windows and Skype for Mac,i.e the other person with whom you are talking to must be on the latest version of Skype for Windows or Mac.

The plug-in free Skype does not support some features like Screen sharing and Calling landlines and mobiles ,so that the user should install plug-in for this.

Microsoft is planning to bring a plugin free audio and video calling in future for chrome and Firefox, for this the browsers should support H.264 video codec,but H.264 video codec is not compatible with chrome and Firefox at present. They are still in development stage, so now Microsoft edge users can now use Skype without plug-in installed in their browsers.