It is a hidden directory, so if you browse to c:\, you won't see it there. If you want to browse for it, C:\ProgramData is where Windows 10 stores system-wide (as opposed to user-specific) application configuration. If you wish, you can just put that into the address bar in the Explorer window, or in the search bar on the Start button, or in the Run window. The answer is: C:\ProgramData\Intel\DSA\Downloads That's why I'm writing this blog post: To help others find where Intel Driver and Support Assistant stores its downloads. Some of those likely places are in directories marked as "hidden", making them hard to look through. I found it by poking around on my computer in the likely places until I found it. The answer turned out to be fairly obvious, but I didn't find it documented anywhere on the internet. So: Where does it store its downloads? The Answer So although it's neat and simple for the Assistant to offer to install the new driver for me, what I'd really like to do is find the driver installer it's downloaded, stash it in my safe place, and then run it myself. If I ever need to reinstall my computer, it makes it a lot faster to get everything working to be able to run through the driver installation one by one, without browsing to find the latest driver for each piece of hardware I have on board. I tend to keep all the drivers I need for my computer in a location where I can find them quickly without re-downloading. My Question: Where does it store downloads? You then receive a notification that there is an update, from where you can go to the Intel Driver
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