youtube-dl does not download videos to the directory it's in

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• You will be asked some questions and requested to provide some information, please read them carefully and answer honestly
• Put an x into all the boxes [ ] relevant to your issue (like this: [x])
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Make sure you are using the latest version: run youtube-dl --version and ensure your version is 2019.01.30.1. If it's not, read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.

• [ x] I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2019.01.30.1

Before submitting an issue make sure you have:

• [x ] At least skimmed through the README, most notably the FAQ and BUGS sections
• [x ] Searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones
• [x ] Checked that provided video/audio/playlist URLs (if any) are alive and playable in a browser

What is the purpose of your issue?

• [x ] Bug report (encountered problems with youtube-dl)
• Site support request (request for adding support for a new site)
• Feature request (request for a new functionality)
• Question
• Other

If the purpose of this issue is a bug report, site support request or you are not completely sure provide the full verbose output as follows:

Add the -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with (youtube-dl -v <your command line>), copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw9CALKOvAI']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.01.30.1
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17134
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] bw9CALKOvAI: Downloading webpage
[youtube] bw9CALKOvAI: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] {18} signature length 41.40, html5 player vflehrYuM
[youtube] {36} signature length 41.40, html5 player vflehrYuM
[youtube] {17} signature length 41.40, html5 player vflehrYuM
[youtube] {137} signature length 41.40, html5 player vflehrYuM
[youtube] {248} signature length 41.40, html5 player vflehrYuM
[youtube] {136} signature length 41.40, html5 player vflehrYuM
[youtube] {247} signature length 41.40, html5 player vflehrYuM
[youtube] {135} signature length 41.40, html5 player vflehrYuM
[youtube] {244} signature length 41.40, html5 player vflehrYuM
[youtube] {134} signature length 41.40, html5 player vflehrYuM
[youtube] {243} signature length 41.40, html5 player vflehrYuM
[youtube] {133} signature length 41.40, html5 player vflehrYuM
[youtube] {242} signature length 41.40, html5 player vflehrYuM
[youtube] {160} signature length 41.40, html5 player vflehrYuM
[youtube] {278} signature length 41.40, html5 player vflehrYuM
[youtube] {140} signature length 41.40, html5 player vflehrYuM
[youtube] {171} signature length 41.40, html5 player vflehrYuM
[youtube] {249} signature length 41.40, html5 player vflehrYuM
[youtube] {250} signature length 41.40, html5 player vflehrYuM
[youtube] {251} signature length 41.40, html5 player vflehrYuM
[debug] Default format spec: best/bestvideo+bestaudio
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://r2---sn-vgqsknes.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?fvip=2&dur=214.970&initcwndbps=1950000&txp=5531432&ipbits=0&ratebypass=yes&key=yt6&c=WEB&itag=18&clen=19297391&mn=sn-vgqsknes%2Csn-ab5l6nzd&pl=16&source=youtube&mm=31%2C26&ip=71.194.164.33&mime=video%2Fmp4&requiressl=yes&expire=1549195944&mv=m&mt=1549174226&ms=au%2Conr&id=o-APkSFVeHY6JqnfX6uTz4a8rJVZMBYM2_Pb6AKiNeGRi-&lmt=1540572321558219&sparams=clen%2Cdur%2Cei%2Cgir%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cpl%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cexpire&gir=yes&ei=SIZWXK6lBMnXwQHtp6fQBw&signature=15CC2E62C00CF1376D49FA4191366674B0041572.BFA2210454D98B61391A0C347EA672C76F06ABB8'
[download] Destination: HYUNA - 'Bubble Pop!' (Official Music Video)-bw9CALKOvAI.mp4
[download] 100% of 18.40MiB in 00:02
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<end of log>

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If the purpose of this issue is a site support request please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by yours):

• Single video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
• Single video: https://youtu.be/BaW_jenozKc
• Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4lCao7KL_QFVb7Iudeipvc2BCavECqzc

Note that youtube-dl does not support sites dedicated to copyright infringement. In order for site support request to be accepted all provided example URLs should not violate any copyrights.

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

it downloads videos to my user folder even though youtube-dl.exe is not located there. I created a configuration file in hopes of coaxing youtube-dl to behave. It returned: ERROR: fixed output name but more than one file to download

[dstftw]

It's not supposed to. It downloads to the current directory your shell points to.