Changing Apple Software Updates download folder location

Hi,
My C drive is full so my computer won't allow me to update iTunes. I have moved Apple Software Updates (as well as my iTunes and media folders) to my D drive but it still downloads the update files to my C drive which doesn't have room to allow the download to happen. Can anyone tell me how to change the download folder location for ASU?
I'm hoping if I can change the location it will work. Any help or other suggestions would be much appreciated!
Thank you

HI,
Saving files to the Desktop can lead to poor performance on your Mac, read here.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7667118#7667118
If you still want to save files to the Desktop regardless, and you can change the default location in Safari Preferences, then make not of your Safari Preferences and then delete this file.
com.apple.Safari.plist
~/Library/Preferences.
Move that file to the Trash and restart your Mac. Try Safari Preferences/Downloads, click "Other" and see if you can navigate to the Desktop.
You would be much better off creating a folder and keeping in your Dock.
*"i want my downloads to go to a folder on my desktop called downloads."*
Name it anything but Downloads.
Carolyn

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Wonder if you can help. I want to set up the servers software update facility but have it download the files onto an external HD.
To confess I don't know what I'm doing in terminal but have tried to follow the Server manual but with no joy.
Any way the external drive name is:
VTrak RAID
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