Internet Download Manager (IDM) Tweak

If I promise I deliver (well at least I try to). So what did I promise? To be back again with something on IDM and here I am to deliver on it. This is for all those who have been annoyed when the normal browser download takes over a download rather than IDM (that is when you have it installed. Don't complain about it if you haven't installed it. It's just the way it's bound to happen). There can be few reasons for this.

Sometimes this happens when the program has crashed due to some reason (cannot clearly say why. IDM has few bugs which makes the program crash or sometimes it just does) and all you got to do is just restart the browser and it would work without a problem but sometimes it would still not and at this juncture it's better you go for a restart of the computer (sorry folks. Cannot help you there other than that).

For some reason IDM works exceptionally well with IE (Internet Explorer) but not that well with Firefox. Some downloads however much you try won't get downloaded via IDM when you try it through Firefox. Not to worry though as it has nothing to do with your Firefox but with the websites behavior in Firefox. In such a case just use IE to navigate to that page and initiate the download from there and IDM will take over without a problem. But support for Google Chrome browser is still not in a very good status.

Then there are the times however much you try after restarting, changing browsers and doing everything possible doing (kicking the computer even) the download won't be taken over by IDM. How annoying is that? But well it's neither our fault and nor theirs as it would have something to do with the file extension type. IDM is pre-configured for a list of extensions which can be accessed by going to the IDM main window. Goto Downloads - > Options. Then in the new window goto File Types tab. There you will see the file types which IDM supports and here's the good news. You can add a file type there !!! All you have to do is add the file type extension in capital letters after a space (don't put the dot in front). That's about it and you're ready to go. I mean download. But I'd restart IDM just to be on the safe side.

But if it still doesn't work for you after all this well then yet I still have the solution for you. Use the normal browser download !. Wait. That's not my solution. That's what normally happens. Sorry folks can't help you there if all this fails. Other than that here's a view of how to download videos using IDM. When you load a video in a site like youtube you will get a small button like this above the player.

When you click on the Download this video button it would start downloading the video through IDM. This support is not yet there for Chrome but it's available in both IE and Firefox. If the button doesn't show up it means that the web player is not supporting the download (actually rather than not supporting it is prohibiting us from doing an illegal action). So folks that's about it for now. Hope this helps those who are frustrated with IDM downloads. Will be back with more. Battalion !!! Fall Out !!!