# Looking for a downloads log

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-downloads-log/555267>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 27, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-downloads-log/555267 "2010-09-27T20:41:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-downloads-log/555267/1 "2010-09-27T20:41:06Z")

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Is there a log in Win Vista that shows what is downloaded and when? If not, is there an app that I can install to do that?

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**Author:** ![Macnbaish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Macnbaish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macnbaish)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-downloads-log/555267/2 "2010-09-27T21:22:11Z")

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Off the top of my head I think the closest thing to what you are looking for would be your browser history. Are you trying to find a lost thing you downloaded, or trying to figure out whether or not something was downloaded in the first place?