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CNET Wrappers Bug - I can use one, but then I'm done

Sep 14, 2011 4:12AM PDT

I've seen all the issues around the CNET wrappers, but my concerns are a bit more mundane:

They aren't working.

I can use one, but the next one defaults to very last screen (Step 4) of the program I downloaded before it. I've checked every security program I'm running -- Comodo Firewall, Avast Antivirus, Threatfire, relevant Firefox plug-ins, and so on. None of them are the source of this hang-up.

The only way to clear the matter is to do a thorough cleaning with CCleaner followed by a registry cleaning: a bit much to ask. This makes Techtracker and Download.com, all but worthless for my purposes. It's a time waster rather than the time saver I'd come to rely upon.

Io be clear, I don't mind clicking through an additional opt out page for every download: you guys need to pay the bills.
I already use three other version checkers before I touch Techtracker already, but it WAS a good clean-up to catch what other services miss.

I'd like to see it be so again. Unfortunately Download.com is for the moment not a useful part of any useful answers: I await a fix. Until then, I'm pulling Techtracker from all but my experimental machine, as well as all the machines I am currently maintaining for others. I just can't justify the program's use at this point.

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A new bug?
Sep 14, 2011 4:15AM PDT

Thanks for your report and I am letting the Download and TechTracker teams know.

But they may want to know if this happens with other browsers. Are you able to test that, for, say, IE, and/or any other browser you may use?

Let us know please, and thanks again.

Mark

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Independent of both Firefox and Internet Explorer
Sep 14, 2011 7:25AM PDT

Tried that before I posted.

The problem is independent of Firefox and Internet Explorer.

Given that YOU are the source of the download manager employed -- not the one native to WHATEVER browser I happen to choose, or any third party program that I prefer -- it would seem a very odd question. Either I'm missing something obvious here, or that's akin to Google asking if a problem in Chrome persists in Firefox.

I've even tried the thing without ANY other browser operating.

I had my own download manager, but you wanted the job enough to be pushy about it. That's fair enough if you could actually DO the job.
If I'm missing something obvious, please fill me in -- preferably in detail sufficient for me to verify. I would have considered that request a bit too blunt just a message before, but questions about what should presumably be a browser independent function to begin with don't exactly inspire confidence.

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Just a tip.
Sep 14, 2011 4:19AM PDT

Look under the big DOWNLOAD button and see if there is a "direct download" link. Some use that. I do.
Bob