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How to use ReGet?

The general thing about ReGet is that you form a queue of downloads. You can add new download to a queue by one of the following ways:
  • By clicking "Download using ReGet" in the Internet Explorer 4.x context menu (right-click on the link to bring it up).
  • Drag the link from your favourite browser and drop it on the ReGet window.
  • Set your ReGet to Monitor Clipboard, then just right-click the neccessary link to file in your browser and choose "Copy Shortcut".
  • Or, you can "Copy Shortcut" in your browser and then manually add it to the queue by pressing "Ctrl+V" or by selecting "Paste" from the "Edit" menu of ReGet.
  • Also, you can "Copy Shortcut" in your browser, then right-click on the ReGet icon in the System Tray and select "Paste" from the menu.
  • Finally, you may manually type-in the neccessary URL after selecting the "Add new download..." submenu of "Download" menu.

Status icons

Download Status
– Download resume is supported on this site. This site is "ReGet"-enhanced.
– Download resume is not supported on this site. Rarely, at first attempt "ReGet" may fail at detecting and show this icon for "ReGet"-enhanced site.
– Communications with server begun. ReGet is recieving information on file to download.
– Downloading file from the beginning.
– "ReGet"-ting file. Resuming download from where it broke last time.
– Delay before next attempt to download file.
– Critical error occured. "ReGet" will not try to download this file since critical error occured.
– "ReGet" is trying to pause download. If download can't correctly paused in 30 seconds, "ReGet" will break connection to the server.
– Download is paused.
– Download is successfully finished.
– Download is placed in a queue and waiting its turn to be executed.
Log status
– Information string.
– Information recieved.
– Information sent.
– Download state changed.
– Error occured.

Menu

"File"
"New" (Ctrl+N) – Creates new queue (.WRG)-file of downloads.
"Open" (Ctrl+O) – Opens existing queue (.WRG)-file.
"Import list..." (Ctrl+L) – Imports list of URLs from a text file. Each string of this file must be a valid URL.
"Merge" (Ctrl+M) – Merges current queue with another queue (.WRG)-file.
"Save" (Ctrl+S) – Saves queue (.WRG)-file.
"Save as..." – Saves queue (.WRG)-file under a different name.
"Exit" – Exits the program.
"Edit"
"Paste URL" (Ctrl+V) – Pastes an URL from the clipboard to the current queue. All settings for a new download are taken from the default settings.
"Select all" (Ctrl+A)
– Selects all downloads in the current queue.
"View"
"Control panel" – Shows/Hides control panel.
"Status string" – Shows/Hides status string (bottom of ReGet windows).
"Minimize at start" – Makes ReGet auto-minimize to System Tray when started.
"Language" – Selects interface language.
"Download"
"New download..." (Alt+N) – Adds a new download to the current queue. This menu items brings the pop-up window where you enter new download details.
"Start" (Alt+S) – Starts current download.
"Pause" (Alt+P) – Suspends current download.
"Delete" (Alt+Del) – Deletes current download from a queue. That DOES NOT delete downloaded file from your disk.
"Delete all successful" – Deletes all successfully completed downloads from a queue. That DOES NOT delete downloaded file from your disk.
"Properties..." (Alt+Enter) – You can change the settings for a download. This option is available only for not active downloads.
"View Log..." (Alt+L) – Shows/Hides the log-window for a download. You can view logs for different downloads at one time.
"Move up" (Alt+Up) – Moves the download upper. (the upper download in the queue, the quicker it will be started).
"Move down" (Alt+Down) – Moves the download down. (the more down download in the queue, the later it will be started).
"Open downloaded file" (Enter) – Opens the downloaded file (runs it, or program associated with its extension).
"Open destination directory" (Alt+Enter) – Opens the directory where the file was saved to.
"Save as default" – If you enabled "Save settings in queue file", this command saves all current settings to the registry (makes current queue defaults a program defaults). This menu item is grayed when "Save settings in queue file" is not checked.
"Default download properties..." – Sets the Default download properties.
"Program options..." (Alt+O) – Sets the Program options.
"Help"
"About this program..." – Program's version information.
"ReGet WWW Page" – Starts your default browser and opens ReGet HomePage.
"Online docs" (F1) – Opens the online documentation.
"Register ReGet" – Pop-ups the registration window.
"E-mail to author" – Starts your e-mail program so you can send e-mail to the author.

Program Options

General
"Exit ReGet on no active downloads after ... seconds" – If this box is checked ReGet will auto-exit after the specified amount of seconds when there are no active downloads, or downloads are either paused or suspended due to the error.
"Exit ReGet if failed to download for ... seconds" – When this is set, ReGet will auto-exit after the specified amount of seconds if it failed to download anything in all downloads.
"Shutdown PC on exit" – When this is set, ReGet will disconnect from internet and shutdown your computer on exit (usefull if you leave your PC turned on only to download files).
"Force Shutdown" – When this is set, ReGet will force shutdown even if some tasks are not responding to Windows. We suggest you close all your programs which might ask for save of their documents (Microsoft Word, etc.) before shutdown when turning this feature on.
"Auto save queue every ... minutes" – You can turn auto-save of the current download after specified time and when ReGet exits on. This feature doesn't work if the queue has not been saved.
"Close as minimize" – Mark this checkbox to use close button as minimize.
"Allow only one instance of ReGet" – When you check this box, ReGet wouldn't start second instance.
"Update descript.ion" – When you mark this checkbox, ReGet will update "descript.ion" file with the strings from "eInfo" field of "Download properties".
"Save settings in queue file" – This allows you to save program/default download settings in a queue file.
"Disable all sounds" – To disable all sounds ReGet can produce mark this checkbox.
"Setup sounds" – Press this button to setup sounds ReGet produces.
Clipboard Monitor
"Monitor clipboard" – If this is set, then ReGet tracks the clipboard. If ReGet sees there a valid URL, it is being added to the current queue. You can also change this setting in the menu of ReGet System Tray icon.
"Ignore extensions" – ReGet wouldn't add to the queue URL, where files have folloing extensions.
"Confirmation when add from clipboard" – If this is set, ReGet will pop-up the confirmation window when you either paste and URL from clipboard manually, or just copy URL to clipboard while "Monitor clipboard" set.
Limits
"Maximum active downloads" – Here you should specify the number of simultaneous downloads allowed. If you add a new download while specified number of downloads is already activated, the new on will be placed on hold and will wait for its turn (when one already active download finishes). When active download finishes and there are waiting downloads in the queue, the upper one will be started.
"Cooperative mode" – ReGet will produce smaller amount of traffic in Cooperative mode. This will give you more traffic for browsing/e-mailing/chatting.
"Suspended mode" – ReGet will produce the least amount of traffic in Suspended mode. This will give you most traffic for browsing/e-mailing/chatting.
Log
"Maximum lines" – The quantity of lines in the log-file. If log-file gets longer, the older strings are being deleted.
Columns
Customizing the columns in the downloads list – Here you can customize the width and visibility of different columns in the downloads list. The columns width is in pixels. You can also change the columns' width by dragging their headers' borders.

Default download properties

Settings of all tabs in this window will apply to EVERY new download you add to the queue, unless you check "Use own advanced settings" and change each download properties' manually.
URL
"Save downloads to folder" – Specify the folder you want downloaded file to be saved. If this folder doesn't exist it will be created.
"Browse..." – This item brings pop-up window where you can select the folder to which downloaded file will be saved. Your selection will be shown in the previous field.
"Login to server" – If the server (either FTP or HTTP) you are downloading files from requires authentication, mark this checkbox, so you can specify username/password in the fields below. NOTE: When this checkbox is marked and username/password are typed-in, ReGet will apply those username/password for EVERY download you add to the queue, unless you check "Use own advanced settings" and change each download properties' manually.
"Username" – If the server (either FTP or HTTP) you are downloading files from requires authentication, you can specify here a username for this server.
"Password" – If the server (either FTP or HTTP) you are downloading files from requires authentication, you can specify here a password for this server.
"Use own advanced settings" – When this checkbox is marked, you have an access to the other tabs (Download, Proxy, FTP, HTTP) of this window (in other words, you are in advanced user mode).
Download
"Auto-start download" – If this box is checked, the new download will be auto-started after adding. Also, if "Auto-start download when ReGet starts" is selected, ReGet will activate all downloads after its start.
"Auto-restart download after ... disconnections" – If this box is checked, ReGet will retry the download the specified number of times. The "0" value means unlimited retries.
"Do not restart from beginning if download can't be resumed" – If this is checked, and server you are downloading file from doesn't support broken downloads resume, and the download breaks, ReGet wouldn't erase the downloaded piece of file and wouldn't start the download. So, if one file is stored in a number of servers, and you have already downloaded 10Mb from a server which doesn't support broken downloads resume, you can switch to a slower server (but with resume) and finish the download from the current position.
"Get file date and time from server" – If this box is checked, the downloaded file will have the same date as it has on the server. From FTP-servers ReGet retrieves the date with "LIST -L", from HTTP-servers ReGet takes the date from the "Last Modified" field.
"Use hidden attribute for partially downloaded files" – When this box is checked, not completely downloaded files are marked as hidden and only upon successful download will be marked as not-hidden (so you see it in the folder).
"Delete from queue after successful download" – When this box is checked, download will be deleted from the queue upon successful download.
"Block size, b ..." – The buffer size to use in downloads. It is recommended that you increase the buffer for fast downloads and decrease it when connection is bad.
Proxy
"Use HTTP-Proxy" – Use this proxy for HTTP-servers. The format is following: proxy.domain.com:8080.
"Use FTP-Proxy" – Use this proxy for FTP-servers. The format is following: proxy.domain.com:8080.
"Username" – If your proxy requires authentication, enter the username here. For Microsoft Proxy Server the format is following: Domain\Username.
"Password" – If your proxy requires authentication, enter the password here.
"Force reload" – If you use the HTTP-proxy, marking this will force your proxy-server to reload the file being download from its original location rather than using the cached copy.
"FTP Proxy Type" – Here you can specify the FTP-proxy type.
"Rollback ... bytes if download fail" – When you use a proxy-server and connection breaks, ReGet will try to rollback ... bytes. Please read more on that on ReGet F.A.Q. under "Smart Rollback" topic.
"Smart Rollback" – When this box is checked, ReGet uses the "Smart Rollback" mode. More on that you can find on ReGet F.A.Q. under "Smart Rollback" topic.
"Proxy error messages beginnings list" – ReGet will try to detect the proxy-server error message at the end of download automatically using those possible beginnings of error messages. If your proxy-server starts its error-message with the other text, please add it here (use comma as separator).
FTP
"Timeout ... seconds" – If ReGet can't get a data from the server within the specified amount of time, download breaks.
"ASCII mode" – Download this file as text file. This option turns on the conversion from [LF] to [CR][LF].
"PASV mode" – Download this file using PASV mode. PASV mode is being used when you download files using the proxy-server. More on that you can find on ReGet F.A.Q. under "PASV Mode" topic.
"Don't send QUIT (for very slow links)" – When this is checked, ReGet wouldn't send QUIT command.
"Advanced ('?' or '*' in URL)" – Those settings influence URLs with wildcards (masks).
"Include subdirectories" – If this box is checked, ReGet will retrieve all files in the matching subdirectories.
"Create the directory structure" – When this box is checked, ReGet will duplicate the FTP-server's directory structure in the download directory.
HTTP
"Timeout ... seconds" – If ReGet can't get a data from the server within the specified amount of time, download breaks.
"User-Agent string" – When comunicating to the Web-server, ReGet submits the user-agent information to it. Simply speaking, the user-agent is the program you use to download files. By default, ReGet submits its version as user-agent. However, some servers only allow files to be downloaded by standard browsers, not special download assistants (such as ReGet). If you faced this problem you can change this filed, so you cheat on such a server and it will appear as you use the regular browser (you can select one which you like better).
"Referrer string" – ReGet also submits to the Web-server a referrer string. Referrer is the URL of the page from which you learned about the file you are downloading. By default, ReGet submits its version as referrer. You can also change this field to any URL you like.

Download properties

URL
"URL" – Enter URL (Uniform Resource Locator) to your file here. You can specify the username and password within the URL if needed (there's a paragraph in the F.A.Q. page about it).
"Info" – You can enter the download description here. This field is for your information only. NOTE: This field is being auto-filled when you add a download using the Internet Explorer 4.x context menu and the link has the "ALT" attribute.
"Save downloads to folder" – Specify the folder you want downloaded file to be saved. If this folder doesn't exist it will be created.
"Browse..." – This item brings pop-up window where you can select the folder to which downloaded file will be saved. Your selection will be shown in the previous field.
"Save as" – If you download a number of same-called files from different web-servers here you can assign the unique name for each one.
"Login to server" – If the server (either FTP or HTTP) you are downloading files from requires authentication, mark this checkbox, so you can specify username/password in the fields below. NOTE: When this checkbox is marked but neither username nor password typed-in, ReGet will apply the username/password from "Default download properties"
"Username" – If the server (either FTP or HTTP) you are downloading files from requires authentication, you can specify here a username for this server.
"Password" – If the server (either FTP or HTTP) you are downloading files from requires authentication, you can specify here a password for this server.
"Use own advanced settings" – When this checkbox is marked, you have an access to the other tabs (Download, Proxy, FTP, HTTP) of this window (in other words, you are in advanced user mode). This will let you specify detailed settings for each download. Otherwise (in simple user mode) the settings for each download would be taken from "Default download properties"
Download
"Auto-start download" – If this box is checked, the new download will be auto-started after adding. Also, if "Auto-start download when ReGet starts" is selected, ReGet will activate all downloads after its start.
"Auto-restart download after ... disconnections" – If this box is checked, ReGet will retry the download the specified number of times. The "0" value means unlimited retries.
"Do not restart from beginning if download can't be resumed" – If this is checked, and server you are downloading file from doesn't support broken downloads resume, and the download breaks, ReGet wouldn't erase the downloaded piece of file and wouldn't start the download. So, if one file is stored in a number of servers, and you have already downloaded 10Mb from a server which doesn't support broken downloads resume, you can switch to a slower server (but with resume) and finish the download from the current position.
"Get file date and time from server" – If this box is checked, the downloaded file will have the same date as it has on the server. From FTP-servers ReGet retrieves the date with "LIST -L", from HTTP-servers ReGet takes the date from the "Last Modified" field.
"Use hidden attribute for partially downloaded files" – When this box is checked, not completely downloaded files are marked as hidden and only upon successful download will be marked as not-hidden (so you see it in the folder).
"Delete from queue after successful download" – When this box is checked, download will be deleted from the queue upon successful download.
"Block size, b ..." – The buffer size to use in downloads. It is recommended that you increase the buffer for fast downloads and decrease it when connection is bad.
Proxy
"Use HTTP-Proxy" – Use this proxy for HTTP-servers. The format is following: proxy.domain.com:8080.
"Use FTP-Proxy" – Use this proxy for FTP-servers. The format is following: proxy.domain.com:8080.
"Username" – If your proxy requires authentication, enter the username here. For Microsoft Proxy Server the format is following: Domain\Username.
"Password" – If your proxy requires authentication, enter the password here.
"Force reload" – If you use the HTTP-proxy, marking this will force your proxy-server to reload the file being download from its original location rather than using the cached copy.
"FTP Proxy Type" – Here you can specify the FTP-proxy type.
"Rollback ... bytes if download fail" – When you use a proxy-server and connection breaks, ReGet will try to rollback ... bytes. Please read more on that on ReGet F.A.Q. under "Smart Rollback" topic.
"Smart Rollback" – When this box is checked, ReGet uses the "Smart Rollback" mode. More on that you can find on ReGet F.A.Q. under "Smart Rollback" topic.
"Proxy error messages beginnings list" – ReGet will try to detect the proxy-server error message at the end of download automatically using those possible beginnings of error messages. If your proxy-server starts its error-message with the other text, please add it here (use comma as separator).
FTP
"Timeout ... seconds" – If ReGet can't get a data from the server within the specified amount of time, download breaks.
"ASCII mode" – Download this file as text file. This option turns on the conversion from [LF] to [CR][LF].
"PASV mode" – Download this file using PASV mode. PASV mode is being used when you download files using the proxy-server. More on that you can find on ReGet F.A.Q. under "PASV Mode" topic.
"Don't send QUIT (for very slow links)" – When this is checked, ReGet wouldn't send QUIT command.
"Advanced ('?' or '*' in URL)" – Those settings influence URLs with wildcards (masks).
"Include subdirectories" – If this box is checked, ReGet will retrieve all files in the matching subdirectories.
"Create the directory structure" – When this box is checked, ReGet will duplicate the FTP-server's directory structure in the download directory.
HTTP
"Timeout ... seconds" – If ReGet can't get a data from the server within the specified amount of time, download breaks.
"User-Agent string" – When comunicating to the Web-server, ReGet submits the user-agent information to it. Simply speaking, the user-agent is the program you use to download files. By default, ReGet submits its version as user-agent. However, some servers only allow files to be downloaded by standard browsers, not special download assistants (such as ReGet). If you faced this problem you can change this filed, so you cheat on such a server and it will appear as you use the regular browser (you can select one which you like better).
"Referrer string" – ReGet also submits to the Web-server a referrer string. Referrer is the URL of the page from which you learned about the file you are downloading. By default, ReGet submits its version as referrer. You can also change this field to any URL you like.

System Tray Menu

"Open/close ReGet" – Opens/closes the ReGet window.
"New download..." (Alt+N) – Adds a new download to the current queue. This menu items brings the pop-up window where you enter new download details.
"Paste URL" (Ctrl+V) – Pastes an URL from the clipboard to the current queue. All settings for a new download are taken from the default settings.
"Monitor clipboard" – If this is set, then ReGet tracks the clipboard. If ReGet sees there a valid URL, it is being added to the current queue. You can also change this setting in the Clipboard monitor tab of Program options window.
"About this program" – Pops up an About window.
"Exit" – Exits the program.