GetRight 5.2d Online Manual
- Internet
- Anti-Spam Tools
- Bookmark Manager
- Browsers
- Chat
- Communication
- Dial-up & Connectivity
- Download Manager
- File Sharing / P2P
- Firewall
- Ftp
- History Erasers
- Network Tools
- News Reader
- Offline Browser
- Online Privacy
- Other
- Ping & Trace Tools
- Popup/Ad/Spyware Blockers
- Searching Tools
- Telephony / SMS & GSM
- WebCam
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For the most up-to-date support information and the latest versions of these questions, see:
Frequently Asked Questions
The web version of these questions are updated more frequently and have many more items!
For many of these items, you may use the configuration form to set up a streamlined method to perform the action. If the step may be streamlined, a link to the appropriate configuration tab (or other help topic) will be shown after the text in curly brackets with a brief description of how it may be improved {xxx}.
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How do I start downloads with GetRight?
| • | See here. |
How do I resume downloads I have started?
| • | See here. |
How do I register and remove the Shareware Reminder windows?
| • | See here. |
I have my registration number, where do I enter it?
| · | Click any Enter Code button or menu you see in GetRight. They are in the "Buy" or "Upgrade" menus, as well as on the About GetRight from the tray icon menu. |
How do I schedule downloads for later?
| • | >>> This requires you to be in FULL mode. |
| • | Once you have started a download and the download is in progress, click "Cancel". Click "Yes" on the prompt to say you want to resume it later. |
| • | After you have added as many files as you want, go to the Download Status window (normally, double click on the GetRight logo in the tray icons, or see here for other ways to get a menu to pick "Show Download Status".) |
| • | On the Download Status window, click the Downloads->Schedule Download Start menu item show the schedule window. Pick the time when GetRight should start the download and click OK. |
| • | Leave your computer and GetRight running. |
| • | Advanced Tips: |
On the Advanced configuration tab, you can set GetRight to simply prompt you if it should start the download now or later.
On the Internet configuration tab if GetRight is setup with your modem dialing information, GetRight can dial at the scheduled time.
Click any of the items under the Options menu on the Download Status to Hangup When Done or Shutdown When Done, etc.
How do I download one file after another?
| • | On the Automatic Mode configuration tab, you may set the number of downloads to do at once. |
| • | After you have the downloads you want in GetRight's list, turn on "Automatic" downloading on the Download Status. When one download finishes, another will be started (up to the limit you set for downloading at the same time.) |
| • | In "Basic" mode, as long as no errors occur, when one file finishes, GetRight will start the next one. |
How do I set up the different sound files included in GetRight?
| • | GetRight includes several sound effects for use in GetRight. The GetRight Configuration Wizard can set up several of these sounds for you to use. |
To set up sound files yourself:
• >>> This requires you to be in FULL mode.
| • | Go to the GetRight configuration window. (Right click on the GetRight logo in the tray icons and pick "Configuration" from the menu that appears.) |
| • | In the middle of the "General" tab is a list of different actions in GetRight (and these actions are defined here). Pick one of these, then click the "Browse" button. Unless you installed GetRight somewhere else, go to: |
"C:ProgramFilesGetRightSounds" and pick the appropriate sound for the action. (The README.TXT file in the "sounds" directory contains several suggestions. Not all actions have sound files included. And you can use any other .WAV sound file you want.)
How do I have GetRight always resume downloading when I connect to the Internet?
| • | Check the "Always start automatic downloading when connected" on the Internet configuration tab. |
| • | And the GetRight Configuration Wizard asks about this. |
How do I have GetRight continue a download started with some other program?
| • | See here. |
How do I get to the advanced functions?
| • | >>> Many of these require you to be in FULL mode. |
| • | All the advanced options in GetRight are found on either the Configuration or Download Status forms. |
To get to the Configuration form, Right click on the GetRight logo in the tray icons and pick "Configuration" from the menu.
To get to the Download Status form, Double Click on the GetRight logo in the tray icons.
| • | Also see here for some advanced tips. |
How do I Not download something when I click a link (such as a search site)?
| • | >>> This requires you to be in FULL mode. |
| • | Some sites (such as some search sites) use URLs that GetRight thinks are files so it will try to download the "file". |
| • | When GetRight is integrated into either Netscape or Microsoft web browsers, if you hold the SHIFT key down when clicking a link, GetRight will not try to get the link (even if it is a type that GetRight would normally handle, such as .EXE.) |
Also, if you hold both the CONTROL and ALT keys down when clicking a link, GetRight will always get the link (even if it is a type that your web browser would normally handle, such as .HTML.)
| • | You may create a list of servers or specific server/path combinations that GetRight should always ignore when doing click monitoring. See the Monitor configuration tab. |
How do I set up GetRight with a Proxy server?
| • | All the Proxy options are on the Proxy configuration tab. A subset of these settings is also in the Configuration Wizard. |
| • | If you have set up your web browser to use Proxy servers, you should just have to click the "Find" buttons to get the correct values. |
| • | Getting GetRight to resume downloads with Proxy servers may take a bit more set up. There is more information here on getting a Proxy server to resume downloads (not all Proxy servers will allow GetRight to resume downloads). |
How do I save and restore GetRight's settings if I am going to re-install Windows?
Saving list of files being downloaded:
• >>> This requires you to be in FULL mode.
| • | You may save the list of files to be downloaded by selecting files on the Download Status window and using the Import and Export functions under the File menu. |
| • | This also works to transfer downloads between more than one operating system running on the same computer--such as Windows 95/98 and Windows NT. |
| • | GetRight stores these downloads in a GETRIGHT.LST file in the directory where GetRight is installed. If you save this file, you may restore it after re-installing. You may want to just save the whole GetRight folder. |
Saving all the other settings:
• There is no simple way to save all your other GetRight settings. But you may use a registry editor to do this (this should be done only by knowledgeable users.)
To Export:
| • | Select the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareHeadlightGetRight |
| • | Pick "Export Registry File" from the Registry menu. |
| • | Remember the file name and move the file someplace it will not be deleted by re-installing Windows. |
To Import:
| • | Pick "Import Registry File" from the Registry menu. |
| • | Select the file you exported earlier. |
How do I download files that need a username/password?
| • | In FULL mode, you can set up usernames and passwords for servers you use often on the Login Configuration tab. |
| • | In FULL mode, you may set the username and password for any existing downloads on the Download Status window. With the "Change Username and Password" item under the Edit menu, you may set the username and password for any existing downloads on the Download Status |
| • | GetRight will also accept URLs with the format: |
ftp://username:password@ftp.xyz.com/...
http://username:password@www.xyz.com/...
NOTE: GetRight will have trouble getting the correct username and password from these formats if your username or password contains the characters: / or @ or : To avoid problems, don't use those characters in your usernames or passwords.
How do I download all the files on a web page?
| • | Open the GetRight Browser under the GetRight tray icon Tools menu (or any other Tools menu). It lets you easily browse a web page or FTP site to add files for GetRight to download. |
| • | If you download a web page (HTML) with GetRight, it will ask you about parsing the page to find all the links on the page. If you say "Yes," you will also be shown the GetRight Browser. |
| • | Or you can use the Server Synchronizer or QuickSync to download all the files from a webpage--and even from other web pages pointed to by the first! |
How do I create a file with a list of files for GetRight to download?
GetRight accepts different formats for a list of files to be downloaded. Once you have created one of these files, you may use the command:
GETRIGHT FileNameOfList
to import the list of files to download.
xxx.LST
| • | This is a very simple file format--one URL per line. GetRight will prompt you for where the file should be saved (unless you have set up defaults using the "Save To" configuration tab.) |
| xxx.URLS |
| • | Identical to a .LST file in format, but GetRight sets up your web browser with the MIME type "application/x-url-list" so if a server is setup to send .URLS files with that MIME type, GetRight will be triggered to automatically add them all. This is a nice way for a web page author to send a user a bunch of files for GetRight to download without the user having to click every file! |
xxx.GRX
| • | The file format used by the Import/Export functions may also be used. This allows you to tell GetRight where to save the file, alternate addresses for the file, and some other things. |
| • | File Format: |
// xxx -- Comment line; ignored.
URL: xxx -- URL to be downloaded.
File: xxx -- Local path and filename for the file.
Desc: xxx -- Description to use for the download.
Alt: xxx -- Alternate URLs for downloading (may be up to 16).
And should contain the value of the URL item as
one of the Alt values.
| • | Each 'name: value' pair should be on its own line. |
| • | The URL value should be the first item in each group. Other items (such as File) following the URL value will be used for that URL until the next URL value is found. |
If you use the "Export" under the File menu on the Download Status, the exported file will also contain this text that describes the format. (And will be a good example of this file format.) You may also use the "Import" item to open a file of this format.
| • | The online Frequently Asked Questions are continually updated with the most current questions and answers: www.getright.com/faq.html |
| • | Visit the support website: www.getright.com/support.html |