Downloads

Options - Downloads

Download folder selection and download options.

Current folder for saving files

Specify the folder to which you want to save downloaded files.

Download folder detection type

The following options are available:

Detect download category (by file extension). Depending on a file extension IDA will add downloads to the corresponding category and save file to the download folder specified for this category.
Create subfolders by date. IDA will use YEAR_MONTH_DAY pattern to create subfolders for saving files.
Use the last used folder as the current folder. The last selected download folder will be set as the current folder.
Create subfolders based on URL. IDA will create subfolders identical to the path to a file on the server.
Create subfolders based on the server name. IDA will create subfolders based on the name of the download server.
Do not use category detection. All downloaded files will be saved to the default or user-specified folder.

( i ) If you specified download folders for certain sites in Site Manager, IDA will use Site Manager rules for downloads from those sites.

Download settings

Maximum number of simultaneous downloads

Specify the maximum number of simultaneous downloads.

Maximum number of sections for one download

Specify the maximum number of sections for one download.

Maximum number of errors for one download

Specify the number of error after which download will be stopped.

Repetiitivee downloads restart in case of connection/server errors

If the flag is set, IDA will restart downloads put in "Error" state because of server or connection errors. This operation will take place after completion of all active downloads and will repeat until the file is downloaded.

Restart a section if it does not receive data more than

The time (in secs) after which Internet Download Accelerator will restart a section, which does not receive data.

Pause between attempts to connect if an error occurred

The time (in secs) after which Internet Download Accelerator will make the next attempt to connect.

Minimal size for opening a new section

You can specify minimal size of sections into which a file being downloaded is split.

Reserve space on disk for the whole file

If the flag is set, IDA will reserve space for the file being download on the download start.

( i ) On a NTFS file system if the flag is unchecked downloads are stored to sparse files.

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