[thelist] removing asp
Sam Carter
sam at nativeintelligence.com
Sun Mar 2 14:38:01 CST 2003
Here's some feedback about my experiences with a couple of the website
downloaders.
I downloaded both BlackWidow and the "Website Downloader".
I decided to try BlackWidow first since Website downloader required manual
installation of a dll in the system folder. While the Blackwidow interface
had much more functionality, I didn't need it all, and I couldn't find what
I did need among all the options. In particular, I couldn't find where to
specify the folder that I'd like to hold the downloaded files. It seemed to
be using the temporary internet cache instead.
Maybe I should've spent more time, but I then tried the Website Downloader.
http://www.vbcity.com/pubs/article.asp?alias=downloader
This interface was just what I wanted. Specify the remote URL and the local
folder. press NEXT.
Unfortunately, it didn't work, and it left me with irreconcilable problems
on my hard drive.
I created a folder C:/webdownload. After the download, the "Website
Downloader" left two folders
c:/webdownload
c:/webdownload.
(note the period)
I can't delete them both. "C:/webdownload. is not accessible. The folder
has been moved or removed."
Unfortunately, I'm paying a big price here. I'm on hour 3 running Norton
disk doctor and chkdsk to no avail. Errors are found, but never fixed.
Lots of time spent on things other than the job I was trying to do.
Nuts.
Sam
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