Ability to continue old downloads
 

Sometimes, I get the message "Unable to continue old downloads", mostly after electrical shock or sth else that
forces the computer to shut down immidiately.
Then all the threads to be downloaded go away and I
cant continue the progress as it drops to %0.

Can it be such a feature to continue old downloads?
In such cases, downloads.bak file does not seem
to work.

For example; a half-downloaded file may be checked and
downloads.dat recontructed according to the
mark in the half file or sth else?

:confused:

I have (luckily) not experienced the problem, so am wondering if using the Library->Incomplete->file(s) you want to restart and 'Resume' would work?

Resume does not work
 

I think RESUME works for only files that are known how much
percent have been downloaded. However in such cases
like electrical shock the file where records kept become corrupted.
I find out that the back up file (downloads.bak file on the disk which is a back up file (I think) for the records) have become corrupted too.
As a result;
I had dozens of half downloaded parts, HELP pLS!!

funny i have found going to the library then clicking on the file and hitting resume works 4 me . often it starts from scratch ( not always ) but its better than losing the file . u using ver4.6 ?

Yes I am using 4.6.0 pro

Normally RESUME has to work, but it does not.

Anyway, but know I need a kind of script to reconstruct
that record file to be able to save my old ones

there is no script that will be able to do this, once your computer shuts down suddenly like that it doesn't get time to save your data back to disk . i remember reading somewhere of a resonably cheap extra power supply gadget that will when your computer shuts down will kick in and save anything still in memory but can't remember its name sorry.
maybe the programmers of limeware could look @ something that updates this file every couple of minutes but i'm pretty sure this would bring the cpu cycles up too much

I think record files are kept up to date @ every 1 min or less.
I have examined the refresh rate @ the file size.
So we can assume that , already record files updated very frequently. This uses very little portion of the CPU.

I could code the remaining part of the prg
only if I would know the such binary hierarchy of that file.

However, the programmers of limewire can make
such kind program for all users that are faked
because of this issue. Not only me. I have met
dozens of user seeking for a solution among
the forums.

This would be very very helpful to us.
Thanx

I could reiterate what everyone else has said, but I noticed the true problem you have and it's not LimeWire. What do you mean you experienced electical shaock. As a person with some computer literacy, if this were really the case you are lucky your computer comes on. If you are having electrical problems, may I suggest a surge protector not bought at Wal-Mart or Odd Lots. Make sure your electical plug in is trully grounded. Avoid setting your computer case on a carpeted floor unless properly grounded. Unplug during Thunderstorms. Unplug means electrically and Modem/DSL/Cable connections unless you are plugged into an Advanced surge protector.