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Free Download Manager (FDM) is a feature-rich tool for handling and accelerating downloads. Includes a site explorer, offline website downloader, scheduler, video downloader (YouTube, Google Video etc.), BitTorrent support and more. An included media file preview prevents downloading mislabeled music or video while a ZIP file preview tool saves download time and bandwidth by selectively removing unneeded parts. A hash check capability can verify downloads and the program can be controlled remotely over the Internet (fdmwi.exe).
Especially useful to overcome unreliable/slow connections that require frequent download restarts, when bandwidth is at a premium, or for very large files.
Alternatively, Free Download Manager Portable is available, as well as a "lite" version, which has not been tested for portability.
NOTE: The program will now prompt for upgrade to the newest version on startup, which is not portable (thanks Joby) and uses a closed-source license.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder. It writes some values to the registry, but these are not related to any user settings. |
Dependencies: | WinXP: requires Service Pack 3 or above |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GPL |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Web Downloader |
What's new? |
See: https://freedownloadmanager.org/board/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17330 |
Latest comments |
webfork
on 2015-04-26 21:34
Love this program particularly for infrequent or bad internet connections. Helps restart, resume, and find the best connections for downloads. I also use it for the occasional Linux or other big file distribution torrent.
kiwichick888
on 2022-09-04 18:53
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I've just installed the latest standard version v6.17.0 and it has an option to create a portable version. |