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How to save all files/links from a telegram chat/channel?

You can do it from Telegram Desktop. Install it (you have a portable version for Windows if you prefer it) and log in to your account. You will see your chats and channels. Enter the desired channel....
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How to find out where software is downloading files to?

Sysinternals Process Monitor (ProcMon) ProcMon from Sysinternals is the best tool for such tasks as it provides many rich features to capture/track what processes are/were doing on disks, network and ...
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How can I download the same file from multiple URLs for increased speed?

Use aria2 man aria2c: -i, --input-file=<FILE> Downloads the URIs listed in FILE. You can specify multiple sources for a single entity by putting multiple URIs on a ...
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how can download large files in chunks

If the site where you download from supports resumed downloads, you can use either use curl with the --continue-at option or wget with the --start-pos option. While there is a --max-filesize option ...
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I am seeing animated PNG files on some sites in lieu of GIFs. How can I save/download them?

It's a Japanese art site, kind of like deviantart, that a friend of mine publishes on, called pixiv. Here's an example: https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=65229638 – ...
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Is there an equivalent of a downloads list for attachments saved from MS Outlook?

Such a window exists in Outlook, it is only frequently overlooked: Right-click any attachment and choose Save As. ...then just open your file using right-click context menu > Open. Follow next steps ...
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This video has not been mixed with the audio because the audio stream has a different format

It probably is easier to use ffmpeg to do a quick merge of your files than to do it by loading both files in VLC simultaneously. You can just use a command line like powershell or cmd if you prefer ...
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I am seeing animated PNG files on some sites in lieu of GIFs. How can I save/download them?

If you can right-click on an image and save it, I would expect it to save as obtained from the website. Since you've ended up saving a single frame, you probably saved a single frame. The website ...
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Use PowerShell & System.IO.FileSystemWatcher to detect when a download to a specific folder is complete

Give this a shot. I modified the original to include additional logic. Not sure how bullet proof this will be. Let me know how it holds up. # create an array that tracks each file $global:files = @() ...
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Why do mostly zip format files get corrupt in download managers?

Hypotheses: Maybe you don't notice corruption in other files. There is CRC for data and some redundancy for metadata in zip. Additionally the format stores and uses offsets to locate file headers, ...
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Is there an equivalent of a downloads list for attachments saved from MS Outlook?

Yes, it is possible to open the folder used to save the most recent attachment using the following AutoHotKey macro: #IfWinActive - Outlook ahk_class rctrl_renwnd32 ahk_exe OUTLOOK.EXE ^j:: ...
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Can files be easier corrupted by using download accelerator?

I used IDM for download 26gb mp4 file. IDM downloaded it very fast speed at 36mbps but file somewhere corrupt. When I download it on Microsoft Edge with 14 to 16 mbps downloading speed. File was ok. ...
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This video has not been mixed with the audio because the audio stream has a different format

VLC can be automated to run via the command-line. Once the command-line is formulated, it's possible to embed it into a script. The command-parameters are a bit complicated, but there is an easy way ...
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How to set the default download folder for uGet in Windows?

Follow the steps below: Go to File -> New download. On the Folder box, enter your default folder. Enter a URL to a file to download. Click OK. Try downloading another file(s) via New download or ...
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I am seeing animated PNG files on some sites in lieu of GIFs. How can I save/download them?

Your mention of Canvas is highly suggestive. I once worked a bit with someone called Canvas. Basically, it allowed a webmaster to define a certain amount of space. Then a computer programmer could ...
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Internet download manager download .mkv file as .mk3d

Deleting the mk3d registry from "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" will solve the problem. how to: press windows + r key on keyboard. type "regedit" without quote. expand the "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" directory. find "...
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Can I download a file in parts? [Chrome]

If you can't do what you want with Chrome's internal down-loader, you can always use an external down-load manager. I have always found Download Accelerator Plus works very well in Windows, but there ...
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Chrome suddenly disabled "IDM extension"?

Add IDM to Google Chrome using the IDMCC or crx file. this problem will never come again.
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Chrome suddenly disabled "IDM extension"?

You can try this, which worked for me: Remove the IDM extension currently installed in your Chrome then go to this site IDM Integration Module offered by www.internetdownloadmanager.com and add the ...
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Chrome suddenly disabled "IDM extension"?

This is due to a big change in chrome from Google. Google has made changes in it's policy regarding chrome that it will not allow extension install from outside the chrome web store. It is done to ...
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does idm remove temp file when you remove it from download list?

Yes it's gone Files that large don't even make it to recycle bin and gets permanently deleted
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How does Download Management utilities control bandwidth usage?

I want to understand how utilities such as wget are able to rate-limit wget rate limits using the --limit-rate command line option: Wget implements the limiting by sleeping the appropriate amount of ...
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How can I force Internet Download Manager to intercept Mega's downlod process?

First of all Download Mega Downloader and Install on your PC from the link here: Download Mega.nz files with IDM After that go to configuration settings from the options menu and enalbe Streaming ...
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Restore IDM and uTorrent state/settings after updating Windows

You need to do the following: Open "Options->Save To" dialog ("Options->Downloads" for old versions) and look what folder is set in "Temporary directory" field (...
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How to copy the download url to clipboard in firefox?

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?q=wget lists a few extensions that support downloading with wget. i didn't test them because my own usecase is slightly different: i want to do the ...
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