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Vudu and Spotify Download Location

Vudu and Spotify both store the offline/downloaded files in 'AppData/Roaming' and I have maxed out my 'C' Drive. I want to move it to my larger 'D' Drive. I looked up what to do and all over the forums...

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How do I choose the download location in Microsoft Teams?

When I download a file some has posted in a Teams chat, the file just downloads to my "Downloads" folder.In every web browser I've ever used, there is an option to have it ask you each time where you...

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Order of downloading parts for torrents

If I download a torrent (uTorrent 2.0.1), is there a way to tell the program to prefer parts on the beginning of the file (eg. so that I can play a video file while downloading)? Something similar to...

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QNap download station does not upload

I am using Download Station on my QNap NAS TS 253-B. I have been downloading a number of torrents. But the Download Station does not seem to be seeding/uploading. This is going to destroy my ratio at...

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Large file download causing Chrome and Firefox to crash

I've been trying to download a file of 1.2GB(and my C: drive has over 400 free GB), and the same thing happens on both Chrome and Firefox(Haven't tried IE), on two different wifi networks I've tried...

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Chrome won't allow download of file opened via Chrome Extension's Javascript...

I have a Chrome extension which offers buttons, which when clicked perform a windows.open("url") command. This part works fine, and I get a new tab when clicked, with the correct URL. But Chrome won't...

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How to download a file from private GitHub repo via the command line

I'd like to find an easier way to grab a file from a private GitHub repository.I managed to download a file via curl by creating a personal access token on GitHub, and then using it like this:curl...

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Firefox: open a file without saving

It seems like after a recent update, when opening files with Firefox the files are also saved to a default download location, which isn't always desirable. How can files now be opened/viewed without...

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How can I disable the newly introduced "download bubble" in Chrome 118?

I use Chrome 118 on Windows 10. I don't want the recently introduced "download bubble": instead, I want to see downloads in the bottom bar where they used to appear.I disabled...

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Chrome on Linux does not allow to download .deb file

I rather know what am I doing if I want to download .deb file. The problem is how does it work on Chrome. After I click download link, nothing happens. No any message shown, no warning, just no...

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Stop Chrome ignoring ERR_CONTENT_LENGTH_MISMATCH for downloads?

I sometimes find downloads made using Google Chrome get interrupted, causing files to be truncated. Chrome seems to detect this situation as ERR_CONTENT_LENGTH_MISMATCH, but then ignores the error and...

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How to increase retention of download history in Firefox?

Whenever I want to find a file that I remember downloading in Firefox download history, I fail unless it was very recent. It seems to remember about 30 items or so.I don't think this history takes much...

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How do I completely download a web page, while preserving its functionality?...

I've been trying to save this webpage using all of the methods that I know, but none of them have worked so far. The website itself has some great functionality. It is able to render MathJax in...

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How do I download a Wikispaces page?

I usually download web pages with HTTrack when I know that I'll need that page, and I'll have no internet connection. That's what I wanted to do with Wikispaces page too. However, HTTrack just can't...

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Download speed spikes

My download speeds drop to about 1 kbps then spike to between 200 kbps and 500 kbps then drop to about 1 kbps for about 5 seconds before it spikes again. But if I surf the internet i get speeds between...

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Why do Matroska files (.mkv) with '.der.' in the file name not play in Google...

Usually, Matroska files (.mkv) that I open in Google Chrome (e.g. https://www.example.com/example.mkv) are played directly in the browser.However, I noticed that files with .der. in the file name (e.g....

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How to fix extremely slow Microsoft Store downloads?

I recently helped set up a new computer with Windows 11 (preinstalled), and while it went rather smoothly, there's a problem that the Microsoft Store is downloading and installing extremely slowly: It...

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In Firefox, is there a way to enqueue downloads to happen one at a time...

Using Firefox on a computer with a single hard-disk drive, sometimes I need to download several many large files from a remote server that is also serving from a single hard-disk drive.It does not make...

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A pop-up window on Windows cannot be closed permanantly, how can I fix it?

I'm using windows and have the following issue:A pop-up window on Windows cannot be closed permanantly, no matter how often I click "don’t show this dialogue again" and close the window. It appears...

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Extract pdf / image from doc88 Flash viewer

doc88.com uses some kind of encryption to protect pdf files. I used Chrome developer tools and found that it loads .ebt file. I think its encrypted Pdf / Swf file.I found the following reply Here but i...

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