Chrome Download Manager Copy File How to Resume a File Download in Chrome
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chrome download manager copy file How to resume a file download in Chrome. Downloading large files using Chrome can be interrupted by unstable Internet connections, application or system crashes, or even power outages. Being able to resume the downloads helps save time and effort, as compared to restarting the download process all over again. This article shows you two different ways of resuming file downloads in Google Chrome. Before you start: Make PC & Internet faster. Before using one of the following methods to resume your download, it is highly recommended that you optimize the speed of your PC and Internet connection. With an optimized PC and faster Internet speed, you will enjoy smoother web browsing experience, shorter file download time, and less download interruptions. Method 1: use the Chrome Download Manager. Chrome provides a download manager that keeps track of files you download. Visit the online help from Chrome to learn how to use the download manager. If the interrupted download is visible from the download manager, then you can possibly resume the download by following the steps below. Step 1 : Click the Options dropdown menu (top-right corner of the browser) and select Downloads to open the download manager. Or you can press Ctrl + J instead. Step 2 : Locate the partially downloaded file that you want to resume from the list of downloads the download manager contains. If the interrupted download isn't listed within the download manager, then you will need to use Method 2 to resume downloading the file. Chome seems to only allow resume for downloads within the current session. If you restart Chrome, then it is unlikely that you can resume a download from a previous session. Step 3 : Select Resume to start downloading from where it file was left off. Method 2: use UFO and WGet to resume download. If the download manager of the default web browser doesn't have the partially downloaded file you want to resume, you will have to manually resume the download process. The following steps show you how to manually resume downloads by using Ultra File Opener and WGet . Step 1 : Download and install Ultra File Opener, which provides you with the original download URL. Step 2 : Download and install WGet. WGet is a free open-source tool for downloading files using HTTP. Step 3 : Locate and open the partially downloaded file using Ultra File Opener. It provides you both the name of the file and the directory path (as seen below). Step 4 : Prepare the complete file path of the download file. Open Notepad and copy both the Target File Path and the Target File Name to form the complete file path. In this case it is C:\Users\ydm\Downloads\Apache_OpenOffice_incubating_3.4.1_Win_x86_install_en-US.exe . You will need this information later. Step 5 : Copy the original download URL from the UFO screen, by clicking the Copy URL button. This stores the download URL in the Windows clipboard. Go to the Notepad file, in which you have the partially downloaded file path and name from Step 4, and paste the download URL by press Ctrl + V . Step 6 : Prepare the WGet command-line information using the information prepared in both Step 4 and Step 5. The format for this command-line is: wget -c -O "[full-file-path-target-download-file]]" "[download-URL]" . Replace the parameters defined in square brackets with actual data. Step 7 : Open the Command-line Window and locate the WGet directory. Copy the entire command-line text from Notepad and paste it in the Command-line Window (right-click and select Paste). Press Enter to resume the download. Results : If you have both the original download URL and the full file path of the partially downloaded file, then WGet picks up where the download was left off to save you some time and bandwidth. In our example, we successfully resumed and completed the download task. How To Export Download Links From Chrome. Bookmarks and passwords saved in Chrome can be imported into other browsers. With Bookmarks, you don’t even need another browser. You can simply export them as an HTML file. Chrome, like all major browsers, is very flexible with what you can do with your bookmarks. It’s less flexible about your downloads. When you sync your data between two Chrome installations, your downloads history doesn’t go with you. If you do need those links though, you can export download links from Chrome to an HTML file with a bit of code. This bit of code comes from Superuser Eduard Florinescu. Export Download Links From Chrome. Visit the Downloads page and tap the Ctrl+Shift+J keyboard shortcut. This will open the web console. Paste the following in the console and tap the Enter key. The Downloads page will be reformatted. The style applied by Chrome is all stripped away leaving behind nothing but the links you downloaded files from. Once the formatting is gone, use the Ctrl+S keyboard shortcut to save the page as an HTML file. You can open the HTML file in any browser and visit the download links again. Keep in mind that these aren’t links to a website. When you click on one of these links, it will take you either directly to a file, or it will start downloading the file right away. If you want to save a website, bookmarks is still the way to go. If you delete a download from the Downloads page, it will not be exported. A file that you’ve moved from its original save location doesn’t count as deleting. An entry from the downloads page is deleted only when you click the close button next to it. This doesn’t work in Firefox. Perhaps there’s an add-on that will let you export download links but that’s your only chance at exporting download links in Firefox. The downloads page in Firefox doesn’t come with a web console like Chrome’s download page does so there’s nothing to add code to. It’s odd how both the top web browsers in the market, Chrome and Firefox, have a sync feature that can sync data between desktops and mobiles but that data doesn’t include download links. Download links are often important. In the event you can’t find a website you downloaded a particular file for, the download link might still work. In fact, your download links are bound to be less crowded than your browsing history anyway which means finding a lost link to a file is easier via the downloads. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Import bookmarks & settings. You can switch browsers without losing your settings and all the bookmarks for your favorite websites. Depending on the browser you used, your settings can include the following info: browsing history default homepage bookmarks default search engines saved passwords. Add bookmarks to Chrome. To import bookmarks from most browsers, like Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari: On your computer, open Chrome. At the top right, click More . Select Bookmarks Import Bookmarks and Settings . Select the program that contains the bookmarks you'd like to import. Click Import . Click Done . Open Chrome. Go to google.com/bookmarks. Sign in with the same Google Account you used with Google Toolbar. On the left, click Export bookmarks . Your bookmarks will download to your computer as an HTML file. At the top right, click More . Select Bookmarks Import Bookmarks and Settings . From the drop-down menu, select Bookmarks HTML file . Select Choose File . From all other browsers. On your computer, export your bookmarks from the browser as an HTML file. Open Chrome. At the top right, click More . Select Bookmarks Import Bookmarks and Settings . From the drop-down menu, select Bookmarks HTML file . Select Choose File . If you haven't created any bookmarks in Chrome , the bookmarks show up in the bookmarks bar. If you already have bookmarks in Chrome , the bookmarks are in a new folder labeled "Imported." On a Chromebook. Open Chrome. At the top right, click More . Select Bookmarks Bookmark manager . At the top left, click Organize . From the drop-down menu, select Import Bookmarks from HTML file . Upload the saved HTML. Open your bookmarks. At the top right, click More Bookmarks . If you already had bookmarks in Chrome, look for a new folder named "Other bookmarks." Get bookmarks on all your devices. Turn sync on in Chrome with the same Google Account on all your devices. By default, your bookmarks will sync on all of them. How bookmarks are imported. If you didn't have any bookmarks in Chrome, the imported bookmarks appear in the bookmarks bar. If you already had bookmarks in Chrome, the imported bookmarks are added to the "Other bookmarks" folder at the end of the bookmarks bar. Move bookmarks to another browser. If you decide to use a different browser, you can take all your Chrome bookmarks with you. On your computer, open Chrome. At the top right, click More . Select Bookmarks Bookmark Manager . At the top, click More Export Bookmarks . Chrome exports your bookmarks as an HTML file. Use this file to import your bookmarks into another browser. Top 10 Download Manager Extension for Google Chrome | Speed Up Downloads Now. Affiliate disclosure: In full transparency – some of the links on our website are affiliate links, if you use them to make a purchase we will earn a commission at no additional cost for you (none whatsoever!). No doubt, Google Chrome is most widely used Web Browser across the globe.