Chrome: Save as dialogue creates temp file in download directory, I want to change this location

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Published on 2013-06-29T08:46:54Z Indexed on 2013/06/29 10:23 UTC
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I've set the download directory for Chrome to be my desktop, but that means that whenever I want to "Save As" it creates a temp file on my desktop until I select the final download destination and close the dialogue.

This is deeply frustrating since I browse windowed and I keep seeing the damn things pop up and disappear in the corner of my eye, is there any way to change the directory in which temp files are created in this manner?

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