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If you spend a few minutes setting upย JDownloaderย properly, you’ll be able to speed up this popular download manager. The following guideย will give you all the toolsย for faster downloading with JDownloader.
Installing and updating JDownloader
First, if you havenโt already installed this program, you canย download JDownloader for freeย from this website andย follow these steps to install it.
Then, just open the program and select the optionย toย check for updates. Although this is an automatic process, it never hurts to do it by hand from time to time, as JDownloader is continuously improving and adding new components which provide faster downloads and more stability.
JDownloader Settings
Now itโs time to go to theย Settings tab. There youโll find theย Basic Settings of JDownloader.
In โGeneralโ you can configure the way the updates are searched for and applied, alter the behavior when grabbing links and adding them to the download list or simply installย FlashGot, an add-on to use JDownloader with Firefox seamlessly.

Meanwhile, โDownload and Connectionsโ allows you to choose the folder where the downloads will be stored, as well as the number of simultaneous tasks to be carried out (by default, the value โ0โ means that no limits will be applied) or the speed to be used when the pause mode is active. Default settings are usually recommended in order to download as fast as possible, but if something isnโt working properly, then try to tweak them.
Finally, in โUser Interfaceโ you can change the language, the skin or just customize the toolbar, amongst other things.
JDownloader modules
When it comes to set up JDownloader, this is one of the most comprehensive sections. In the one hand, withย AntiCaptchaย itโs easy to avoid the verification codes of most of the file hosting services on the Internet, as the program is able to decode them by its own in most cases.

In the other hand,ย Reconnectionย give us the choice to introduce several parameters to avoid troubles with the Internet connection, so there will be no need to restart a download if case of service interruption, whileย Passwords & Loginsย automatically adds all the passwords ever used to download from a particular server: a pretty useful tool.
Plugins & Add-ons
The setup of JDownloader ends with theย Plugins & Add-onsย menu. Here is where we can insert the details of ourย premium account (if we are subscribed to any service of this kind, in order to unlock restrictions and waiting times), or just configure other valuable integrated tools.

I.e.,ย FlashGot for Firefoxย is used to integrate JDownloader in this web browser directly, whileย HJSplitย andย JD Unrarย eliminate the need of using an external program to decompress any downloaded file.
Besides, if we want to customize the notifications that JDownloader displays, itโs very easy to do so inย JD Light Tray.
Onceย the setup of JDownloader is completed, just restart the program and all the changes will be applied, as simple as that.