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Firefox/IE keep Half downloading files

Kewop DecamKewop Decam Registered User regular
edited May 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
Firefox and IE seem to be stopping files before being fully downloaded and claiming they are 100%. How do I fix such a problem?

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  • NibbleNibble Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I never figured out why that happens. I do know that if you clear your cache, you can attempt to re-download it (otherwise the browser will often pull the incomplete file out of the cache), but I often end up with the same problem, especially with larger files.

    Instead of directly solving the problem, I got Free Download Manager and the FlashGot plugin for Firefox. I've never had a problem with FDM prematurely terminating a download and claiming it to be complete, plus it has all the nice features that come with a download manager (pause&resume, multi-server downloads, pull multiple files off a webpage with one click, shutdown when downloads complete, etc.).

    http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/
    http://flashgot.net/

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