Where do downloaded files go to on my computer?

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JimInVA Send message Joined: 5 Sep 04 Posts: 2 Credit: 1,127,343 RAC: 0	Message 1263544 - Posted: 23 Jul 2012, 1:06:21 UTC I'm new here, so, if this question has already been answered or is a dumb question, I apologize for burdening everyone. I downloaded & installed BOINC and then selected seti@home as my project. In the BOINC Manager "Transfers" tab, it showed files being downloaded. I searched for them on my computer but couldn't find them. Where are they? (I'm running Windows XP.) Thanks. ID: 1263544 ·
arkayn Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 14 May 99 Posts: 4438 Credit: 55,006,323 RAC: 0	Message 1263546 - Posted: 23 Jul 2012, 1:15:02 UTC - in response to Message 1263544.   default place for the data directory under Windows 2000/XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC\ It will probably be a hidden directory. ID: 1263546 ·
JimInVA Send message Joined: 5 Sep 04 Posts: 2 Credit: 1,127,343 RAC: 0	Message 1263549 - Posted: 23 Jul 2012, 1:23:20 UTC - in response to Message 1263546.   Thanks! Found it. ID: 1263549 ·
John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0	Message 1263555 - Posted: 23 Jul 2012, 2:22:59 UTC - in response to Message 1263549.   Mostly, you should not touch the files in the BOINC Data directory. BOINC WIKI ID: 1263555 ·

 
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