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There are several types of files you can download from the web—documents, pictures, videos, apps, extensions and toolbars for your browser, among others. When you select a file to download, Internet Explorer will ask what you want to do with the file. Here are some things you can do, depending on the type of file you’re downloading:

Open the file to view it, but don’t save it to your PC.

Save the file on your PC in the default download location. After Internet Explorer runs a security scan and finishes downloading the file, you can choose to open the file, the folder it’s stored in, or view it in Download Manager.

Save as a different file name, type, or download location on your PC.

Run the app, extension, or other file type. After Internet Explorer runs a security scan, the file will open and run on your PC.

Cancel the download and go back to browsing the web.

You can also save smaller files—like single pictures—to your PC. Right-select the picture, link, or file you want to save, and then choose Save picture or Save target as.

Find files you’ve downloaded on your PC

Download Manager keeps track of pictures, documents, and other files you download from the web. Files you’ve downloaded are automatically saved in the Downloads folder. This folder is usually located on the drive where Windows is installed (for example, C:\users\your name\downloads). You can always move downloads from the Downloads folder to other places on your PC.

To view files you’ve downloaded while using Internet Explorer, open Internet Explorer, select the Tools button, and then select View downloads. You’ll be able to see what you’ve downloaded from the web, where these items are stored on your PC, and choose actions to take on your downloads.

Change the default download folder on your PC

Open Internet Explorer, select the Tools button, and then select View downloads.

In the View Downloads dialog box, select Options in the lower-left.

Choose a different default download location by selecting Browse and then selecting OK when you’re done.

Why some files won’t open in Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer uses add-ons such as Adobe Reader to view some files in the browser. If a file that needs an add-on won’t open, you might have an older version of the add-on, which needs to be updated.

About download and security warnings

When you download a file, Internet Explorer checks for clues that the download is malicious or potentially harmful to your PC. If Internet Explorer identifies a download as suspicious, you’ll be notified so you can decide whether or not to save, run, or open the file. Not all files you’re warned about are malicious, but it’s important to make sure you trust the site you’re downloading from, and that you really want to download the file.

If you see a security warning that tells you the publisher of this program couldn’t be verified, this means that Internet Explorer doesn’t recognize the site or organization asking you to download the file. Make sure you recognize and trust the publisher before you save or open the download.

There are always risks to downloading files from the web. Here are some precautions you can take to help protect your PC when you download files:

Install and use an antivirus program.

Only download files from sites that you trust.

If the file has a digital signature, make sure that the signature is valid and the file is from a trusted location. To see the digital signature, select the publisher link in the security warning dialog box that opens when you first download the file.

How to download all files from a site? [duplicate]

There is a site, which has shared images on it, but I know the urls to only some of them. I suppose there are hundreds of images on this site and I want to download them all.

4 Answers 4

I suggest you try wget, the «non-interactive downloader». It is a command-line file/website/whatever downloading utility packed with features. I have easily mirrored (ie. completely downloaded) several sites to my hard drive with it. Don’t shrug it off because it is a «command-line» program, it’s very easy to use.

You haven’t mentioned what operating system you are using. If it’s a *nix-like system you can probably install wget through your package manager. If it’s Windows, you can get a Windows of it version here: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm

I think this wget command should do it for you:

wget —page-requisites —convert-links —html-extension —restrict-file-names=windows www-example-dot-com

With you replacing the website’s address where I wrote www-example-dot-com

If you are completely baffled: The program’s name (wget, of course), along with a list of options («arguments») is typed at the command line. —page-requisites option tells it to download everything the page needs to show up propperly, such as the images on it. —convert-links makes it possible to browse the local copy offline. —html-extension and —restrict-file-names=windows help make the thing viewable offline on most computers (in a nutshell).

If you want to download (mirror) the entire site to your hard drive, check out the —recursive and —level options.

I’m not going to explain working with the command line in full, but if you don’t know: it becomes very easy once you grasp opening a command prompt and then changing directories 😉 (honest!) You could of course rather look for a GUI-based download manager or something, but it might just nag you to register, unlike wget, which is open source 😛

10 Free Ways to Download All Files From a Folder on a Website or FTP

There are times when you will end up on a web page that doesn’t look like a webpage but instead looks like a folder and you can only find files being listed. This is because the webserver directory index file (index.html, default.asp and etc) is not present in the folder and the directory listings option in the webserver is turned on.

One of the reasons to offer directory listings is to provide a convenient way for the visitor to quickly browse the files in the folders and allow them to easily download the files to their computer. Sometimes directory listings are accidental due to webmasters who forget to include a .htaccess or a blank index file to prevent all the files from being listed.

To download a file, you can either left click on it or right click and select “Save link as” in your favorite browser like Firefox or Chrome. However, if you need to download multiple or even all of the files from the directory including the subfolders automatically, you will need third party tools to help you achieve that. Here are 5 different methods that you can use to download all files from a folder on a website.

Download Files With A Download Manager

If you are a frequent downloader, you probably already have a download manager program installed. Some of the popular and feature rich download managers like JDownloader are even open source software.

1. JDownloader

This very popular download manager is based on Java which means it’s cross platform and available for Windows, macOS and Linux.

While this program is able to download all files in a specific folder very easily it cannot recurse into sub folders. All you have to do is copy a URL to the clipboard while JDownloader is running and it will add a new package or set of packages to the Link Grabber with all the files. File types can be filtered out with checkboxes or deselected/removed manually. Note the JDownloader installer version contains adware.

2. FlashGet

This next download manager program is quite old but has a feature called Site Explorer which allows you to browse websites like in Windows Explorer. FlashGet has more recent versions than the 1.96 we’re looking at here, but we found this version handles HTTP and FTP sites better.

After installing and running Flashget go to the Tools menu > Site Explorer. Enter the URL and then you can browse through the site and download the files in any folder. If the site is using FTP, folders can also be multi selected and the files inside those folders will be downloaded. Only the files inside the root folder will download if the site is HTTP. Make sure to avoid the Google Toolbar offer during install.

Download From A Folder Or FTP With A Web Browser Extension

Popular browser extensions for downloading files in recent times have been DownThemAll! and Flashgot for Firefox. Sadly, they don’t work anymore since the change to the WebExtensions system in Firefox 57. However, there are still extensions available for both Chrome and Firefox that can download files from a website or FTP folder. Here’s a couple of selections for each.

Note: All the browser extensions below will only download the files from the root folder in the browser tab, they will not recurse into sub folders. If you select a folder from the download list it will simply download as an unknown file.

3. Chrono Download Manager (Chrome)

Chrono Download Manager is one of the most popular extensions of its type for Chrome. There are some advanced options but it’s relatively straightforward to quickly download all the files in a folder. Click the Chrono toolbar button and switch to the sniffer mode with the top right button in the window.

Then, cycle through the tabs selecting all the files with the top checkbox, check files individually or use the file type filter boxes below. Click the “Download All!” button and the files will be added to the queue and downloaded.

4. Download Master (Chrome)

This is another Chrome extension that downloads a load of files in a folder pretty easily. Download Master works in a similar way to Chrono but is a little more straightforward to use and what you see in the main window is it, there are no separate settings or options windows.

After you press the icon to open the download window all you have to do is check the file extension filter boxes, supply a custom filter or add files manually. Then press Download. As all the selection filters are in the same window it makes Download Master a bit faster to select multiple files or all files at once.

5. Simple Mass Downloader (Firefox)

Simple Mass Downloader is a pretty good option for Firefox since the classic old extensions no longer work. It also has some useful features like being able to add downloads from multiple tabs at once and add automatic folders to directly download files of certain types into specific folders.

Files do not automatically populate the resource list and you have to click the “Load Page Links” button to start. The checkbox at the top will select all files at once while the extensions or text filter boxes at the bottom will filter the list by whatever characters are entered. Files can be added to a queue or downloaded directly with the buttons at the bottom right.

6. DownloadStar (Firefox)

The final extension we’ll talk about is DownloadStar for Firefox. It’s not much different than the options we’ve mentioned above but to make all files visible you have to click “Show media from links” at the bottom left of the window or only images will be shown.

The filter checkboxes don’t have a select all files option but simply putting an asterisk “*” into the Fast Filter box will quickly do that. The button to download the files isn’t immediately obvious but it’s located at the top right with the number of files to download in brackets.

To download files from a folder using something other than browser extensions or download managers, try the methods on Page 2.

Как скачать файлы, недоступные для загрузки ?

Данная статья для браузеров на движке Chromium (Google Chrome, Яндекс. Браузер и др.).

Все мы активные пользователи интернета. Практически каждый из нас что-то скачивает из интернета к себе на компьютер, на телефон или на какое-нибудь медиа устройство.

Порой понравившийся контент доступен только для просмотра, а скачать его, увы, не удаётся. В этом может быть множество причин, то бишь это авторское право или стриминговый контент, и все они, как правило, недоступны для загрузки.

Данный способ позволяет буквально «вытянуть» из сайта любой контент: аудио, видео, изображения, документы и др.

Для примера будем использовать сайт Яндекс. Музыка .

Как мы видим сайт не предоставляет возможность скачивания музыки, поэтому, чтобы загрузить аудио нужно сделать следующее:

1. Открыть нужный сайт с нужным нам контентом.

2. Нажать сочетание клавиш SHIFT+CTRL+I. При этом справа откроется «Панель разработчика». С ней мы и будем работать.

3. Панель сразу открывается на вкладке «Elements». Для работы нам нужно перейти на вкладку «Network» .

Вместе с ней открывается вкладка «All». Это все файлы страницы. Для облегчения рядом есть другие вкладки, отвечающие за тип контента, например: «Img» — это изображения, а «Media» — это аудио и видео. Она как раз нам и нужна.

3. После перехода на вкладку «Media» обновляем страницу для загрузки списка медиафайлов и включаем для прослушивания любую песню.

Сразу появляется несколько файлов и тут возникает вопрос: «Какой из них — наша песня ? «

Во время прогрузки песни, в панели будет погружаться полоска, обозначающая степень загрузки файлов и время. В самой же таблице будут так же указаны размер и тип файла.

По размеру и полоске мы и определяем наш файл.

4. Для того, чтобы скачать файл нужно кликнуть на него правой кнопкой мыши и нажать «Open in new tab».

5. Откроется новая вкладка в браузере. Чтобы скачать нажмите «Сохранить» в строке поиска.

Сохраняете файл в любую папку и можно слушать.