How do you change the download path windows 10

Properly designed Windows applications use the or just 's function (or its compatibility wrapper, ) to find the paths to locations like your Downloads folder. The for the Downloads folder is , which has GUID .

If you open the Registry Editor and search for keys and values with that GUID, you'll eventually find it in the following two places:

As explained in the blog linked by Ben N, only exists for compatibility with some Windows 95 programs. It even contains a value with the name and data . These functions look at the key instead.

Programs like Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome will use the path reported by the to store downloads by default, though Google Chrome allows you to provide an override for this path (in the "Advanced settings" portion of its settings screen). If the path doesn't point to an existing folder, Microsoft Edge will simply complain, and Google Chrome will default to the "Downloads" folder in your Document folder.

I have noticed that Techie007's answer crashes for me (Windows 10 is such a quality product), but not before copying all my downloads and adding a new value to the keys above with the GUID . I can't find any reference to that GUID on MSDN. Microsoft Edge doesn't seem to care about that value, and nor does Google Chrome.

So if Techie007's answer doesn't work for you, maybe you could void your warranty and try to change the value in the registry: