- Hover on buttons to get additional info on what they do.
- Right-click on download items in the table view to get more actions like
Resume, Restart, Refresh, Open File, Open Folder, e.t.c. Note that once
you select 'Manage Manually', the batch handler will no longer manage
such items with the rest until you select 'Add back to queue'.
See download item context menu explained for more info.
- Sometimes you need to go to Options > Clear Links/Docs Cache
to clear the cache if you are having link search issues. This is because web pages
and their links are cached by default to save data usage and enable faster link
search on slow connections. This is okay except sometimes websites send wrong pages/links which may
be due to traffic congestion and if those pages/links were cached, you're screwed for at least
an hour unless you clear the cache manually as shown above. If you are confident of your
internet connection speed and are not worried about data wastage, you can un-check
Options > Cache Links/Docs and never have to worry about this.
- Don't be greedy and download too many links at the same time or you may risk getting blocked
by the website you're downloading from (sometimes permanently). Sometimes this restriction
isn't limited to WFDownloader App and may also affect your web browsers since the ban is
usually by IP address so be careful. Same thing goes if you have a slow connection.
Just leave the default of 4 at a time.
- While WFDownloader App has strong resume support and will be able to resume links even long
after they are expired, you are advised to complete your download batches within a month span. This is
because no file on the internet lasts forever. The file may end up being deleted or modified or worse
the server may get taken down along with all its files (Rapidshare, MegaUpload R.I.P.).
- If you're having trouble resuming a download item on the download links section or you have its
progress set to 'Stopped', right-click the item and select 'Properties' to see the reason why.
Also using 'Restart' rather than 'Resume' usually fixes the problem however, this will restart the
download from the beginning!
- By default, the ability to customize a newly created batch is hidden/skipped since the default is good
enough for most use cases. If you want to change the name of the batch, set the number of simultaneous
downloads, change how files are saved into folders, or set how download conflicts are resolved, you will
need to enable this option. To do this, go to Options > General Settings and uncheck the
"Skip pre-batch creation step" option. If the batch has already been added to application, you can still
change some of its properties by right-clicking the batch and selecting "Properties".
- If want to change the way files are saved into folders, you can do that from the "General Settings" via
the "Child folder save options" item. You can set it to save all files in the same parent folder, create a
sub-folder for for each downloaded file, etc. To do this for a specific batch only, right-click on it and
click "Properties" to get the option.
- If you're having issues with the builtin browser (e.g. captcha solving errors) or don't want to
use it, consider importing cookies from your browser
which has a number of advantages.
- Always save before exiting the application via the 'Save' toolbar button. It really helps
against future headaches and frustrations and you will be able to continue where you left off
via the adjacent 'Load' button after application restart. If you want this done for you
automatically, go to Options > General Settings and select Autosave
on exit.
- Always use the latest version of the application. When a new version is out, you will be notified
via the status bar at the bottom right corner of the application. It can't be stressed enough how much
headaches, pains, and frustrations you'd avoid by just adhering to this advice. And so, before
reporting any issues you are facing, ensure you are using
the latest available version. You can see it here.
- If you haven't read the faq, you should do that now.
It gives you an overall idea of what WFDownloader App is and things you could do with it.
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