Where on my computer did Wget download this image?

I am using Windows XP. I just downloaded wget and put it into my C:\Windows folder.

I then ran this command line (trying to download an image from a website):

wget -r -A ".jpg,.gif,.png" http://somesite'sURL/lang2.JPG

A black DOS-like window appeared for a few seconds showing me that some kind of process was taking place. I assume it was the process of downloading. I could see the growing percentage numbers shown. Once it reached 100%, the black window vanished and now I can't find where the downloaded image is. I looked all over the C:\Windows folder, but I didn't find lang2.JPG. Where is it supposed to be?

I have discovered that a folder is created, and the file is being downloaded, but then it is removed "since it should be rejected". Why it should be rejected I don't know. Do you think there is a way of "catching" it on my computer before it is rejected? And why is it still being downloaded first if it's to be rejected?

Here's the command window contents:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator> wget -r -A".jpg,.gif,.png" http://sitename.URL
--2009-12-01 22:33:18-- http://sitename.URL 
Resolving sitename.URL…xx.xx.xx.xx 
Connecting to sitename.URL¦xx.xx.xx.xx¦ :80…
connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 403 Forbidden
--2009-12-01 22:33:22 ERROR 403: Forbidden.  

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator> wget -r -A ".jpg,.gif,.png" http://sitename.URL/lang2.JPG
--2009-12-01 22:35:51--  http://<the site’s name>/lang2.JPG 
Resolving sitename.URL…xx.xx.xx.xx
Connecting to sitename.URL¦xx.xx.xx.xx¦ :80… connected. 
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK 
Length: 39249 <38K> [image/jpeg] 
Saving to: ‘sitename.URL/lang2.JPG’  

100%[======================================>] 39,249      6.36 KB/sec      in 6.0 s

2009-12-01 22:35:58 <6.36 KB/s> - ‘sitename.URL’ saved [39249/39249]

Removing sitename.URL/lang2.JPG since it should be rejected.

FINISHED --2009-12-01 22:35:58—
Downloaded: 1 files, 38K in 6.0s <6.36 KB/s> 
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>

It sounds like you entered the wget command directly into the Start->Run dialog. If that's the case, you want to do this to move it to your Desktop:

1. Start->Run, enter cmd, press ENTER.

2. Check that the file is there: dir lang2.JPG (should output the file details). If you don't see the file listed, run dir to get a full listing of the directory in case you've misspelled it (or wget didn't name it what you expected).

3. Move it into the Desktop: move lang2.JPG Desktop

This all assumes that the wget command that you ran executed in the same directory that the command window opens in. Step 2 should prove that one way or the other.

If you don't see the file listed in Step 2, you'll need to resort to using Windows Search, or redownload it (open a command window first this time!).

I have discovered if you leave the wget installation in its default location it does save the file in:

C:\Users\<current user>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin

However when I copied the entire bin folder, including .dll files, onto my desktop and then retried downloading a file from within that folder via command prompt it worked correctly and put the file within the wget folder on my desktop.

Why it works differently depending on location when it's run I do not know but it's a solution to at least put files initially somewhere more accessible.

I had a similar problem after downloading and using wget for windows 7. The problem was that I did not open a command window with administrative priviliges. Start->Run->cmd does not open a command window with administrative privileges. Wget was not in my PATH yet, so I ran it directly from the "Program Files (x86)" folder. There my command window could not create a directory to store everything in. Running a command window with administrative privileges (run as adminitrator) resolved the problem.

I have opened a command line and tried

wget http://google.com/ -o log.txt

My installation path of wget is

C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin

Both the log file and the index.html from the site were saved to path

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin

Why is this so?

I suspect that Windows is creating some sort of a virtual environment for running wget or just does not allow saving files into Program Files folder without admin permission and this leads to saving downloaded files into such deep location.