# Media manager The plugin **FileSystem - Fileshelf** shows the storage folder in the media manager as the area **Downloads**. So you see folders and files, upload files and create folders without FTP.
![The media manager with the area Downloads and the folders of the categories](https://docs.graup-it.de/uploads/images/gallery/2026-11/Bjfdoku-09-medienmanager.png)
The area “Downloads” next to Joomla's local folders.
## What differs from normal folders - **Address:** a file a download uses has the address of the download – not that of the file. Whoever inserts it links through Fileshelf, with protection and counter. Files without a download have no address. - **Uploading:** the same checks as in the download form apply. - **Protection:** a file a download uses cannot be deleted, moved or overwritten here – nor can a folder holding such files. Change or delete the download first. - **Visible** is the area only to users who may manage Fileshelf. - **Content and address** of a file (preview, download in the media manager) only come with the permission *Download in the backend* – as for the button in the download form. Who may only manage Fileshelf sees the file names, but not their content. ## Limit The media manager only shows file types allowed in its own options (**Media → Options**). If extensions such as `zip` or `docx` are missing there, such files do not appear in the area although Fileshelf manages them. Add the extensions there if you want to see them in the media manager. New downloads are best created in the download form; files uploaded through the media manager can be chosen there under **Or choose a file from the storage folder** or adopted with the tools. [Deutsche Fassung](https://docs.graup-it.de/link/406)