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Fresh Download Help ver 1.00
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Contents
Overview
How to Use
Menus & Options
System Requirements
Bug Reports
Get Registration
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Overview
Fresh Download is an easy-to-use and very fast download manager software
that turbo charge downloading any files from the Internet, such as your
favorite software, mp3 files, video files, etc. Unlike any other similar
utilities, this software is 100% free, no charges, no banners/ads in
the software (which slowdown your download), no spyware . You
only need to enter a registration number if you want to use it for more
than 23 days. Registration code can be obtained from us for FREE
simply by submitting
this simple form
(note: please turn on your modem).
How to Use
Manually adding files to download
Click the Add icon or press File>Add New URL menu or press
Ctrl+Insert key. The Add new URL dialog will appear. Here you can
enter the location of a file you want to retrieve, and folder to save.
Automatically adding files to download
Fresh Download can integrate with Internet Explorer for easy click and
download support. If you set the Internet Explorer as your default
browser, you should not do any additional operations for call of Fresh
Download, simply browse normally using your Internet Explorer and when you
find a file you want to download, just click the link like you would
normally do. Fresh Download will intercept the file and appear Add new URL
dialog. To disable this feature, you can disable the Integrate into
Internet Explorer option in the Option dialog box (Download>Option
menu).
If you want to bypass Fresh Download and
directly using IE to download a file, simply right-click the link and
select Save Target As.
* Note: Make sure you have uninstalled
all download manager applications, installed before Fresh Download, (and
their IE's download event capture) to activate this feature.
Scheduling a Downloading
With Fresh Download you can schedule files to download later. To do so,
first select any files you want to schedule for download. Click the
Schedule icon or press Download>Schedule option. Set a start time
and date for the download. Now your download will start at the scheduled
time.
* Note: In this version, the schedule feature only work if your
computer always stays connected to the Net.
Multiple connections/Split downloading
To get the highest possible speed, Fresh Download can be specified to use
more than one connection for the same file; the default setting is 4
connections and can be increased up to 8 connections. To specify how many
connections will be used for a single file, go to the Option dialog box (Download>Options
menu) and then enter the number of connections in the Simultaneous
connections box. You can set the same of different settings for http and
ftp
* Note: in a case if resume is not supported by the server then split
downloading/multiple connections is impossible.
Menus and Options
File
| Add
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add a new file/URL into
the list |
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Delete : |
delete URL from the list |
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Property : |
show file/URL status
(download status, connection) |
Download
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Start : |
start downloading the
selected file/URL |
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Pause : |
pause (temporarily stop)
running download for selected file |
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Stop : |
stop running download
for selected file |
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Download All : |
downloads all files/URL
in the list |
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Pause All : |
pause all running
downloads |
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Stop All : |
stop all running
downloads |
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Schedule : |
specify download
schedule |
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Clear Schedule : |
delete schedule |
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Option : |
call the Option dialog
box |
View
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Toolbars : |
show or hide toolbars
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Status Bar : |
show or hide status bar |
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Text Labels : |
show or hide the text of
toolbar's button |
Add New URL dialog box
Fill-in the URL field with the source of file location, for example:
http://www.xyz.com/xyz.zip or ftp://www.xyz.com/xyz.zip. Specify the
destination folder in the Save as field (by default, Fresh Download will
use your Desktop as the destination folder). You can also specify the name
of local file (if you want to make it different from original file), or
leave it blank if you want to use its original name.
Property dialog box
This dialog box will show the property of downloaded files
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General: |
Show status of
downloaded files |
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Connection: |
Show status of every
connection (parts of files) |
* Note: connection will not be shown
if the file has completely downloaded or the download has not started
Option dialog box
File tab
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Default download folder : |
Specify the default
folder to save downloaded files. |
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Temporary folder : |
Specify temporary folder
for part of downloaded files (if you use multiple connections) |
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Simultaneous connections : |
Define how many
connections/split downloading may run at one time |
| Max
simultaneous downloads : |
Define how many target
files can be downloaded simultaneously. If your targets more than
maximum value then the program will download the target as many as the
maximum setting and put the rest of the targets into queue.
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Download retry: |
Specify how many times
the software will try to make connections |
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Retry wait : |
Waiting time between two
retry |
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Timeout |
Specify waiting time to
get a response from the server. Within the time interval, if there is
no response from the server then the error message will appear on your
screen. Adjust this option to a bigger number if the connection needs
a longer time |
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When replacing existing file : |
Delete existing file or
rename it with .BAK extension when the file is already exist |
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Start download after adding to list : |
If selected, the file
will be automatically downloaded right after its URL added into the
list |
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Start download after loading list : |
If selected, the file
will be automatically downloaded when the list loaded (program
started) |
Integration tab
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Integrate into Microsoft Internet Explorer : |
Use it to intercept the
file and automatically call Add new URL dialog, when you click a URL
contains a file (with specified extensions) from the Internet Explorer |
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Automatically start downloading the following extension : |
Use it to set extension
of files, which should be captured. Every extension separated by an
empty space |
Graph tab
Display
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Maximum display: |
Set maximum value of
transfer rate's graphic |
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Background color: |
Color of transfer rate's
background |
| Bar
color: |
Color of transfer rate
bar |
| Bar
color style: |
Style of the bar: solid
or gradation |
File List
| Use
background: |
Use a bitmap as
background of the list |
| Use
gridline: |
Show/hide grid on the
list |
System requirements
Operating Systems:
Windows 95 OSR2 +IE version 4.0 or higher, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second
Edition, Windows Me, Windows NT+IE version 4.0 or later, Windows 2000,
Windows XP
CPU:
Any x86 if only Windows was started.
RAM:
Any size if only Windows was started.
Bugs reports
Send your comments, suggestions and bug
reports for future development of Fresh Download to
suggestions@freshdevices.com
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