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At the moment there are some websites where in chrome, if I go to them and click to download a file, I get this screen saying that blah-website 'wants to store files on this device".

I understand that this alert is now something Chrome does or may do Website Wants to Store Files on this Device? (Chrome)

If I click allow then a progress bar appears at the top

But I don't see where the file is downloading too. I don't see it in the folder set in Chrome as my downloads folder.

Where is it being stored while it downloads, and can I change this location?

If it's a big file I want it stored on an external drive.

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barlop
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  • maybe mentiioned https://superuser.com/questions/507536/where-does-google-chrome-save-localstorage-from-extensions – barlop Aug 17 '19 at 09:41

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The popup you are referring too is a result of a website trying to use the FileSystem API.

Chrome on windows currently stores these files in %LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\File System with different folders for each site origin that requested the API.

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