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how can i set the today date as a download directory daily automatically in firefox

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I want to set the today date as a download directory daily automatically in firefox using a batch file or powershell script.

for example : Today is 20-May-2018 i want to set the folder under C;\downloads\20May as download dir in firefox settings so that whatever i downloaded on the day will be in this directory.

please help me.

I want to set the today date as a download directory daily automatically in firefox using a batch file or powershell script. for example : Today is 20-May-2018 i want to set the folder under C;\downloads\20May as download dir in firefox settings so that whatever i downloaded on the day will be in this directory. please help me.

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There were such add-ons available before Quantum came out. As to whether such add-ons are available for Quantum . . . . . .

Go to the Mozilla Add-ons Web Page {web Link} (There’s a lot of good stuff here) and search for what you want.

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FredMcD said

There were such add-ons available before Quantum came out. As to whether such add-ons are available for Quantum . . . . . . Go to the Mozilla Add-ons Web Page {web Link} (There’s a lot of good stuff here) and search for what you want.

Thanks for prompt response but I did not find any Add-on to do this. "can you please help me with where the firefox storing the download path in it's directory For example if set download directory as C:\sam it will store this value to remember this setting right? That path I needed', So that I can modify that using any script."

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Is this what you wanted to know? browser.download.dir


One thing you can try is to create a Windows batch program to create a folder with the current date as its name, and move all files from the download directory to the new one.

https://support.microsoft.com

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/forum/windows_10


This program can be very useful for the above http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html

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FredMcD said

Is this what you wanted to know? browser.download.dir One thing you can try is to create a Windows batch program to create a folder with the current date as its name, and move all files from the download directory to the new one. https://support.microsoft.com http://answers.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/forum/windows_10

This program can be very useful for the above http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html

browser.download.dir -- can i update the value of this using any script and where it is located ??

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browser.download.dir is located in about:config I don't know if these settings can be changed externally.

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FredMcD said

browser.download.dir is located in about:config I don't know if these settings can be changed externally.

thank you for response, but i need to know that so that i can organize downloads of the in my work pc.where ,I don't have access to install the any software.

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I called for more help.