<![CDATA[Download folder not accessible]]>why, for example, does it put downloads into some special directory that cannot be accessed from outside of the browser? Boggles the mind.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/41404/download-folder-not-accessibleRSS for NodeTue, 17 Mar 2026 01:38:30 GMTThu, 11 Jun 2020 16:34:18 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Download folder not accessible on Fri, 12 Jun 2020 02:39:16 GMT]]>@yeswap , right, I don't have a file manager. I dont really know that well this environment: it seems to only have a primitive viewer for Downloads. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll try this file manager you mentioned.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/214173https://forums.opera.com/post/214173Fri, 12 Jun 2020 02:39:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Download folder not accessible on Fri, 12 Jun 2020 02:26:35 GMT]]>@croupf Strange that Opera is downloading to a directory named Downloads that you can't find in your file structure.
A couple of things to try.

  • In your file manager search for a file that you downloaded with Opera to find where it's stored. If you don't have a file manager or yours doesn't have a file search, I recommend installing Amaze File Manager , it's free, ad-free and open source.
  • Or, create a folder with a name like Opera downloads and choose it as your downloads folder in Opera settings.
]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/214171https://forums.opera.com/post/214171Fri, 12 Jun 2020 02:26:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Download folder not accessible on Fri, 12 Jun 2020 01:09:46 GMT]]>@yeswap , it's not a phone, it's an old tablet. It does not have an extra memory card, only what it was built with at the time of manufacture.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/214156https://forums.opera.com/post/214156Fri, 12 Jun 2020 01:09:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Download folder not accessible on Fri, 12 Jun 2020 00:05:05 GMT]]>@croupf Does your phone have a memory card? If so Chrome is probably downloading to Downloads in internal memory and Opera to Downloads on the card. Use a file manager app to check both directories. and switch Opera to download to the directory that Chrome is using.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/214154https://forums.opera.com/post/214154Fri, 12 Jun 2020 00:05:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Download folder not accessible on Thu, 11 Jun 2020 23:11:27 GMT]]>@yeswap , yes, "downloads" is selected. But with a little droid utility called "Downloads" I cant see any Opera downloads, though everything I got with Chrome is there, and can be used directly, w/o involving Chrome. Opera's downloads I can only see on Opera's Downloads page and nowhere else. If I want to open a .PDF file (that got downloaded with Opera) I have to do it from Opera.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/214152https://forums.opera.com/post/214152Thu, 11 Jun 2020 23:11:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Download folder not accessible on Thu, 11 Jun 2020 22:11:02 GMT]]>@croupf said in Download folder not accessible:

@leocg , I'm talking the mobile android version. There's a normal accessible directory called "downloads" where Chrome deposits files, but Opera plops them somewhere else that I can't see from outside of the browser. Its like I have two "download" directories: a visible one, and an invisible one that only Opera can read.

You can choose the download folder in Opera Mobile settings.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/214148https://forums.opera.com/post/214148Thu, 11 Jun 2020 22:11:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Download folder not accessible on Thu, 11 Jun 2020 19:44:15 GMT]]>@croupf At least here, Opera is using the default downloads directory of Android 9, the one you can access from the Files app.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/214126https://forums.opera.com/post/214126Thu, 11 Jun 2020 19:44:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Download folder not accessible on Thu, 11 Jun 2020 19:00:54 GMT]]>@leocg , it doesn't say "mini" anywhere. Just Opera.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/214125https://forums.opera.com/post/214125Thu, 11 Jun 2020 19:00:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Download folder not accessible on Thu, 11 Jun 2020 18:57:29 GMT]]>@croupf You are talking about Opera for Android or Opera Mini? Opera for Android here seems to use the Android's download folder.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/214122https://forums.opera.com/post/214122Thu, 11 Jun 2020 18:57:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Download folder not accessible on Thu, 11 Jun 2020 18:53:06 GMT]]>@leocg , ah, damn. Sorry about it. I guess I searched for something and ended up here w/o looking. Thanks.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/214120https://forums.opera.com/post/214120Thu, 11 Jun 2020 18:53:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Download folder not accessible on Thu, 11 Jun 2020 18:44:03 GMT]]>@croupf Well, you've posted in Opera for Windows. Moving it to Opera for Android.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/214117https://forums.opera.com/post/214117Thu, 11 Jun 2020 18:44:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Download folder not accessible on Thu, 11 Jun 2020 18:05:35 GMT]]>@leocg , I'm talking the mobile android version. There's a normal accessible directory called "downloads" where Chrome deposits files, but Opera plops them somewhere else that I can't see from outside of the browser. Its like I have two "download" directories: a visible one, and an invisible one that only Opera can read.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/214115https://forums.opera.com/post/214115Thu, 11 Jun 2020 18:05:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Download folder not accessible on Thu, 11 Jun 2020 16:35:31 GMT]]>@croupf Opera uses the directory you have selected in settings. By default it's the Downloads directory on Windows.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/214106https://forums.opera.com/post/214106Thu, 11 Jun 2020 16:35:31 GMT