Many people are complaining about how hard it is to integrate FDM into Opera. I've found several ways to do that, including the "Download all with FDM" functionality. And as I am a very good person I will share my findings
First we have the "Download with FDM" line in the right-click menu. This is very easy to make. I've already posted this in another thread, but an "all in one" thread would be better.
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All we have to do is add 1 line in 2 places of one of Opera's .ini files
%opera% means the dir where Opera is installed (usially c:\Program Files\Opera).
1) Goto
%opera%\defaults
and copy
standard_menu.ini
to
%opera%\profile\menu
NOTE: If during Opera's instalation you have selected to install it for every user on the system, the
profile will bi in another place. Actually there will be 1 profile folder for every user on the system. They will be located in
c:\Doccuments and Settings\[user name]\Application Data\Opera\Opera. Also the "Application Data" folder is hidden and not normly not visible. Easiest way to get to it is by going to "Start > Run", typing
%appdata% (with the %) and hitting OK. This will opena the needed folder.
2) Open
standard_menu.ini this file with a text editor and change the following:
- change the name (line 7) into
"Opera Standard with FDM extension"
- search for the categories
[Link Popup Menu] and
[Image Link Popup Menu]
and add the following line to both categories:
Item, "Download with FDM" = Execute program, "C:\Program Files\Free Download Manager\fdm.exe","%l"
That is a lowercase L after the last %
- save the file and start Opera
3) Goto "Tools > Preferences > Advanced > Toolbars and Menus" and highlight the new entry "Opera Standard with FDM extension" in the field "Menu setup"
4) Press "OK" and that's it! Now you can download link-targets (both
text- AND image-links) by right-clicking on a link and choose
"Download with FDM".
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Now for the "Download ALL with FDM" thingy:
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I think the best way to do that is using the
Links pannel in Opera. There you can select what you want to download by holding down CTRL and left-clicking the links.
All we have to do is add 1 line in the same file as above.
Do step one from above (if you haven't already) and open
standard_menu.ini[b]. Here look for the [b][Links Panel Item Menu] (this is the first categoty), insert this line
Item, "Download with FDM" = Copy & Execute program, "C:\Program Files\Free Download Manager\fdm.exe","%c"
and that's it!! Now just open the Links pannel, hold down CTRL, select what you want, right-click and select "Download with FDM".
NOTE: I guess that if "Monitor clipboard" is enabled in FDM, it will screw things up, so disable it just in case.
Interesting fact is that this feature is unique for FDM. For example, you can't make that work with FlashGet, as it will not understand the links passed this way (many links on a single line). So I can just applaud FDM's developers for not forgeting the command line interface, like many developers of programs for Windows
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Many people are complaining about how hard it is to integrate FDM into Opera. I've found several ways to do that, including the "Download all with FDM" functionality. And as I am a very good person I will share my findings :)
First we have the "Download with FDM" line in the right-click menu. This is very easy to make. I've already posted this in another thread, but an "all in one" thread would be better.
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All we have to do is add 1 line in 2 places of one of Opera's .ini files
%opera% means the dir where Opera is installed (usially c:\Program Files\Opera).
1) Goto
[b]%opera%\defaults[/b]
and copy
[b]standard_menu.ini[/b]
to
[b]%opera%\profile\menu[/b]
[b]NOTE:[/b] If during Opera's instalation you have selected to install it for every user on the system, the [b]profile[/b] will bi in another place. Actually there will be 1 profile folder for every user on the system. They will be located in [b]c:\Doccuments and Settings\[user name]\Application Data\Opera\Opera[/b]. Also the "Application Data" folder is hidden and not normly not visible. Easiest way to get to it is by going to "Start > Run", typing [b]%appdata%[/b] (with the %) and hitting OK. This will opena the needed folder.
2) Open [b]standard_menu.ini[/b] this file with a text editor and change the following:
- change the name (line 7) into [b]"Opera Standard with FDM extension"[/b]
- search for the categories
[b][Link Popup Menu][/b] and [b][Image Link Popup Menu][/b]
and add the following line to both categories:
[b]Item, "Download with FDM" = Execute program, "C:\Program Files\Free Download Manager\fdm.exe","%l"[/b]
That is a lowercase L after the last %
- save the file and start Opera
3) Goto "Tools > Preferences > Advanced > Toolbars and Menus" and highlight the new entry "Opera Standard with FDM extension" in the field "Menu setup"
4) Press "OK" and that's it! Now you can download link-targets (both
text- AND image-links) by right-clicking on a link and choose
"Download with FDM".
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Now for the "Download ALL with FDM" thingy:
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I think the best way to do that is using the [b]Links[/b] pannel in Opera. There you can select what you want to download by holding down CTRL and left-clicking the links.
All we have to do is add 1 line in the same file as above.
Do step one from above (if you haven't already) and open [b]standard_menu.ini[b]. Here look for the [b][Links Panel Item Menu][/b] (this is the first categoty), insert this line
[b]Item, "Download with FDM" = Copy & Execute program, "C:\Program Files\Free Download Manager\fdm.exe","%c"[/b]
and that's it!! Now just open the Links pannel, hold down CTRL, select what you want, right-click and select "Download with FDM".
[b]NOTE:[/b] I guess that if "Monitor clipboard" is enabled in FDM, it will screw things up, so disable it just in case.
Interesting fact is that this feature is unique for FDM. For example, you can't make that work with FlashGet, as it will not understand the links passed this way (many links on a single line). So I can just applaud FDM's developers for not forgeting the command line interface, like many developers of programs for Windows :)
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