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Fresh Download Help ver 5.00
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Contents
Overview
How to Use
Menus & Options
System Requirements
Bug Reports
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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 will 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 (4.0 and later), Netscape
(4.x and 6.x),
and Opera (5.x and later) for easy click and download support. For example, 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 (View>Fresh Download Options menu). To
temporary disable this feature, you can press Alt button when click
the download URL in your browser using your mouse.
* Note: In this latest version, Fresh Download will automatically
attempt to make itself as your default download manager. A confirmation
dialog box will appear on the screen when the program loaded, to do so
click Yes.
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 (View>Fresh
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.
Clipboard monitoring
You can add a download item into the list simply by copying an URL
contains a file with registered extensions (ZIP, EXE, MP3, etc.) in any
applications, such as IE, Netscape, Opera, MS Word, etc (select a link
followed by CTRL+C, Edit>Copy from these application's menu
bar, or Copy from these application's context menu). To activate this
option, go to the Option dialog box (View>Fresh Download
Options>Integration menu) and then activate the Clipboard Monitoring
option.
Drag & Drop feature
You can add a download item into the list simply by dragging & dropping an
URL contains a file with registered extensions (ZIP, EXE, MP3, etc.) from
any applications (e.g. IE, Netscape, Opera, MS Word, etc) that support
drag & drop feature, into the download basket or download list. This
feature is always active, however you show or hide the download basket
simply by activate/deactivate the Show Download Basket for Drag and Drop
option (View>Fresh Download Options>Integration menu).
Menus and Options
File
| Add
: |
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
|
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 |
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 |
| FreshDownload
Options : |
call
the Fresh Download Options dialog box |
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
Files tab
|
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) |
|
When replacing existing file : |
Delete existing file or
rename it with .BAK extension when the file is already exist |
|
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) |
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Delete from list after finished download : |
If selected, the item
will be automatically deleted from the list after that item have
finished its job to download |
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Show Open/Run dialog after finished download: |
Activate this option if
you want to open/run after finished download. If you activate internal
zip extractor, the zip file will be opened by internal zip extractor. |
Connection tab
|
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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Minimum size to split : |
Specify minimum size to
activate simultaneous connections. When download size is below this
option then FD will do it in single connection |
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 |
| Integrate
into Netscape Communicator (4.x /6.x) : |
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
Netscape Communicator version 4.x/6.x |
| Integrate
into Opera : |
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 Opera |
| Integrate
into Mozilla : |
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 Mozilla |
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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 |
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Show FD in IE context menu: |
This option will add two items in IE context menu:
-
"Download using FreshDownload" command to download selected URL
in IE
- "Download All using FreshDownload"
command to download all URL in site that opened by IE |
| Show
download basket for drag and drop: |
Use
it to show download basket for easy adding url into the list |
| Clipboard
monitoring: |
Use
it to activate clipboard monitoring feature for easy adding url into the
list |
| Virus
checking: |
Use
it to activate virus scanning feature in Fresh Download |
| Virus
scanner: |
Use
it to select your antivirus program |
| Parameter: |
Fill-in
your antivirus program's parameters into this box |
| Only
for type: |
Select
the extensions will be scanned by antivirus programs |
Proxy tab
| HTTP
Proxy: |
Check this option if your
connection to the Internet in HTTP protocols using a proxy server.
Enter the setting into the corresponding boxes: address, port, username
and password. Leave the username and password empty if your proxy server
does not required it |
| FTP
Proxy: |
Check this option if your
connection to the Internet in FTP protocols using a proxy server.
Enter the setting into the corresponding boxes: address, port, username
and password. Leave the username and password empty if your proxy server
does not required it.
Check the PASV option if you use passive
mode |
Site Password tab
| Add
button: |
Use this button to add
password and user name for specific site which requires authorization |
| Edit
button: |
Use this button to edit
password and user name |
| Remove
button: |
Select site's name and then
click this button to remove it from the list |
Display tab
Graphics 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 |
Internal Zip tab
| Use
internal zip extractor: |
Activate this option to
use Fresh Download internal zip extractor |
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Unzip folder: |
Set the default
destination root for the unzipped files |
|
Overwrite files: |
Overwrite files if
already exists |
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Open zip folder after unzip: |
Activate this option to
open zip folder after unzip |
Excluded Sites tab
| Add |
Use this button to add
new sites into the excluded list. There are 3 rules:
1. Always: Fresh Download will always
bypass downloading any file in this site.
2. If found: Fresh Download will
bypass downloading from this site if only found the word specified in
the URL.
3. If not found: opposite of the
rules #2 |
|
Edit |
Use this button to edit
selected site. |
|
Remove |
Use this button to
remove selected site from 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
http://www.freshdevices.com/contact.html
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