Default IE downloader

[Rakan Alhneiti]

Hello guys,

I was trying to search google for information about registering my application as the default IE downloader but could'nt find any result about that, all i found is how to change the default download directory :s. Maybe i was looking using the wrong keywords. Now i am asking for your help if i may

How can i register my application as the default IE downloader, the purpose is to make an application to do HTTP file transfer from server to client and this is needed.

It must be a key in the registry that you have to edit, but what is it?

Regards,

Rakan

[Simon Veteran]

I'm pretty sure Microsoft locks you in to the default downloader. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that it's hardcoded into Internet Explorer.

[Rakan Alhneiti]

Sorry but i think that is untrue. If you download DAP( Download Accelerator Plus) or FlashGet or those downloader applications they register them selves as the default downloaders so once your browser recieves a header for file download it launchs this registered application to download the file rather than use the official IE downloader

[Andre S. Veteran]

Azureus works as an alternative downloader. It's bloated software, I hate it, but it works. So if Azureus works, other programs can also.

[Linkinfamous]

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa753618.aspx

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The ability to implement a custom download manager was introduced in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5. This feature enables you to extend the functionality of Internet Explorer and WebBrowser applications by implementing a Component Object Model (COM) object to handle the file download process.