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An IE Disadvantage

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rob^_^

Flightless Bird
Hi User,

That frechur is programmed by web site developers. Some sites do not want
you to know the download url to stop you accessing the download directly.

Regards.

"user040809" <user040809@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C6B8A38F-8494-47CE-A3BB-B20F7DB7AD23@microsoft.com...
> When IE download manager downloads a file from the web, it displys only
> the
> file name and the name of its host but won't tell us the download path as
> it
> does Mozila Firefox:
>
> IE Download Manager
> http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo253/mxtvmn271208/dm_ie.jpg
>
> Mozila Firefox Download Manager:
> http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo253/mxtvmn271208/dm_mf.jpg
>
> which I consider a great disadvantage.
>
> Thanks.
>
 
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user040809

Flightless Bird
Sysinternals Process Explorer:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

Process Explorer download link can be seen in the context menu "Copy
Shortcut" as well as in the bottom left corner of the window:

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo253/mxtvmn271208/dm_ie_01.jpg

but not in Internet Explorer Download Manager:

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo253/mxtvmn271208/dm_ie_02.jpg

which proves that it is an Internet Download Manager problem not
Sysinternals developers'

Thanks

"rob^_^" wrote:

> Hi User,
>
> That frechur is programmed by web site developers. Some sites do not want
> you to know the download url to stop you accessing the download directly.
>
> Regards.
>
> "user040809" <user040809@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C6B8A38F-8494-47CE-A3BB-B20F7DB7AD23@microsoft.com...
> > When IE download manager downloads a file from the web, it displys only
> > the
> > file name and the name of its host but won't tell us the download path as
> > it
> > does Mozila Firefox:
> >
> > IE Download Manager
> > http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo253/mxtvmn271208/dm_ie.jpg
> >
> > Mozila Firefox Download Manager:
> > http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo253/mxtvmn271208/dm_mf.jpg
> >
> > which I consider a great disadvantage.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
 
U

user040809

Flightless Bird
And some Windows Live (and Internet Explorer) cookies absurdities:

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo253/mxtvmn271208/ielive_cookies.jpg

OK, I will stay signed in and write comments as long as you want without
cookies enabled.

"user040809" wrote:

> Sysinternals Process Explorer:
>
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
>
> Process Explorer download link can be seen in the context menu "Copy
> Shortcut" as well as in the bottom left corner of the window:
>
> http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo253/mxtvmn271208/dm_ie_01.jpg
>
> but not in Internet Explorer Download Manager:
>
> http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo253/mxtvmn271208/dm_ie_02.jpg
>
> which proves that it is an Internet Download Manager problem not
> Sysinternals developers'
>
> Thanks
>
> "rob^_^" wrote:
>
> > Hi User,
> >
> > That frechur is programmed by web site developers. Some sites do not want
> > you to know the download url to stop you accessing the download directly.
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> > "user040809" <user040809@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:C6B8A38F-8494-47CE-A3BB-B20F7DB7AD23@microsoft.com...
> > > When IE download manager downloads a file from the web, it displys only
> > > the
> > > file name and the name of its host but won't tell us the download path as
> > > it
> > > does Mozila Firefox:
> > >
> > > IE Download Manager
> > > http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo253/mxtvmn271208/dm_ie.jpg
> > >
> > > Mozila Firefox Download Manager:
> > > http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo253/mxtvmn271208/dm_mf.jpg
> > >
> > > which I consider a great disadvantage.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
 
D

Dan

Flightless Bird
"user040809" <user040809@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C6B8A38F-8494-47CE-A3BB-B20F7DB7AD23@microsoft.com...
> When IE download manager downloads a file from the web, it displys only
> the
> file name and the name of its host but won't tell us the download path as
> it
> does Mozila Firefox:
>
> IE Download Manager
> http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo253/mxtvmn271208/dm_ie.jpg
>
> Mozila Firefox Download Manager:
> http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo253/mxtvmn271208/dm_mf.jpg
>
> which I consider a great disadvantage.
>
> Thanks.

IE doesn't have a "download manager", it just has a simple download dialog
which is similar to others used in Windows itself. If you want a "download
manager", why not just install one of the many 3rd party tools that provide
this? IE7Pro has a similar download manager to Firefox, and despite the name
works equally well with IE8.

--
Dan
 
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