How to associate any download manager with Mozilla Firefox

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When you install a download manager, it will automatically associate with Internet Explorer (IE). So, when you click on a download link in IE, Flashget will open to download the file. To associate any download manager with Mozilla Firefox, install the Flashgot extension which can associate lots of download managers with Firefox, including Flashget, Free Download Manager, Getright, Orbit, etc.

How to install & set up the Flashgot plugin :

1) Visit the Flashgot Extension page.
2) Click on 'Add to Firefox'.
3) Firefox will then ask you to confirm the download of the extension for security reasons. To confirm the download, click on Install now. Firefox will start downloading the extension.
4) After the download finishes, you will be prompted to restart Firefox to install Flashgot. So, restart Firefox.

5) After Firefox opens, go to Tools ---> Add-ons ---> In the Extensions tab, Click on Flashgot ---> Options.

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6) From here, select the download manager which you want to associate, in the 'Download Manager' area, if it is not already selected. Click on OK & close the Add-ons window.

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This will integrate the download manager with Firefox. Now, whenever you click on a download link, a download window will pop up from which you can not only open the file with a particular application or download the file with the basic download manager but also download the file via the Flashgot extension ie., your download manager.

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Manage your downloads efficiently

Do you download files from the Internet often? Do you use the basic download managers bundled with your browser? Then, what you need is a specialized download manager. The modern download managers provide you with powerful features like pausing/resuming downloads, resuming broken downloads, improving download speed, organizing your downloads & much more.

There are many download managers available on the Internet. I would recommend you to use Flashget. It is one of the most powerful & popular download managers on the Net. After installation, it gets directly associated with Internet Explorer. It means that whenever we click on a download, the download starts in Flashget instead of the default download manager of Internet Explorer. To associate it with Mozilla Firefox too, read this article.

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