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What tool are you using to download the file? If it is a browser, have you checked you browser preferences to see where downloads are saved, and what to do with the file once it's downloaded (such as: try to open it with a document viewer)?
Change the preferences to download the file to a direction of your choice, and uncheck the document viewer option.
The nvidia driver is probably a tar.gz file (compressed tar archive). Check the nvidia website from which you downloaded the driver. You should also find installation instructions.
With Firefox running, click on the Edit menu, then click on Preferences at the bottom of the edit menu. In the Main tab of the Preferences menu, in the section labeled DOWNLOADS, select "Save files to", then enter the path and directory to save files in.
Also save a copy of the installation instructions from the nvidia website from which you download the driver.
Then follow those instructions to install the driver.
Distribution: Mint 20.3 MATE, Android, Windows 10, MX Linux and Mint 21.1 MATE
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I downloaded the best NVIDIA driver I could find, but still opening it with the right application is not possible, I can't find the right option, it goes to my name file, or desktop.
Distribution: Mint 20.3 MATE, Android, Windows 10, MX Linux and Mint 21.1 MATE
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I re-started my computer, and managed to change to open with option, when I found the download in my destop and right clicked. I tried archive manager and Autorun, neither would open the driver.
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