# Desired Capabilities documentation for changing Chrome's default download folder **URL:** \ **Category:** Web Testing\ **Tags:** katalon-studio\ **Created:** [October 5, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/desired-capabilities-documentation-for-changing-chromes-default-download-folder/48026 "2020-10-05T16:11:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dave\_Evers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/dave_evers/32/435_2.png) [@Dave\_Evers](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Dave_Evers)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/desired-capabilities-documentation-for-changing-chromes-default-download-folder/48026/1 "2020-10-05T16:11:46Z")
Using Katalon Studio Enterprise; Version 7.4 Windows 7, Professional Chrome: Version 85.0.4183.121 (Official Build) (64-bit) Hi Folks, 1. Can someone please point me to the Desired Capabilities documentation for changing Chrome’s default download folder. My test cases are downloading pdfs/other files to my local Download folder but I would like to save the file(s) to the Katalon project for portability. 2. Can someone suggest some documentation for copy/moving files from one folder to another. Thanks, Dave ---
**Author:** ![Russ\_Thomas](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/russ_thomas/32/11884_2.png) [@Russ\_Thomas](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Russ_Thomas)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/desired-capabilities-documentation-for-changing-chromes-default-download-folder/48026/2 "2020-10-05T16:59:13Z")
> [@Dave\_Evers](#): > > Can someone please point me to the Desired Capabilities documentation for changing Chrome’s default download folder. My test cases are downloading pdfs/other files to my local Download folder but I would like to save the file(s) to the Katalon project for portability. I’ll let @Brandon_Hein answer that. > [@Dave\_Evers](#): > > Can someone suggest some documentation for copy/moving files from one folder to another I use this: [https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/nio/file/Files.html](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/nio/file/Files.html) ---
**Author:** ![Brandon\_Hein](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/brandon_hein/32/1092_2.png) [@Brandon\_Hein](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Brandon_Hein)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/desired-capabilities-documentation-for-changing-chromes-default-download-folder/48026/3 "2020-10-05T18:35:18Z")
The following property controls where files are downloaded to when using chrome: `download.default_directory` As with any chrome setting, you can find out which property controls a given chrome setting using my guide: > [@Desired Capabilities - The Missing Manual](http://forum.katalon.com/t/desired-capabilities-the-missing-manual/20748): > > One of the biggest hurdles with using Katalon/Webdriver is setting the appropriate Desired Capabilities that configure various browser settings programmatically. There are a couple of reasons for this: 1.) Browsers do not expose these back-end properties in the settings menu. Instead, they offer a user-friendly GUI for configuring settings that are based on these properties. This of course makes sense for 99.9999% of browser users, but isn’t helpful for us. 2.) The appropriate Desired Capabili… ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Evers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/dave_evers/32/435_2.png) [@Dave\_Evers](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Dave_Evers)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/desired-capabilities-documentation-for-changing-chromes-default-download-folder/48026/4 "2020-10-06T15:10:13Z")
Thanks Russ! I also found this resource ([http://grails.asia/](http://grails.asia/)) for working with files. See the bottom of the page for Groovy lessons and examples. Cheers, Dave