how to download the same file with a different name
 

I was recently downloading a file and accidently clicked cancel about 80% through the file. It was a movie around 700mb, so re-downloading it wasnt an option, since i have capped internet. When i searched for the file again to resume the download, i couldnt find it. With a bit more searching i found that the exact same file was still there, but it had a different file name. Is it possible for me to somehow resume downloading that file to the original file on my computer, so that it resumes from 80%?

yes. Sometimes files do have different names but same download hash (same contents). :)

exactly; the problem is, if i try to download the same file with a changed name, the download will start from 0% again and i will have to re-download the entire file

Not if it has the identical download hash. If it does it will simply download with a new name. If its download hash is different then it will be seen as a separate file & use create a different separate incomplete file.

so how do i figure out if it has the same download hash? oh wait, thats not the # column which tells you the number of times the file has been downloaded is it?

not sure what you mean. Sounds like the uploads column. ;)

Just choose to download. If not what you want then cancel. :)