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Features and problems

The following is a summary of Download Accelerator Plus 7.3.

Pros

• Has a simple interface
• Interfaces well with Opera, Netscape, Internet Explorer, and Mozilla
• Pops up a small message box by the system tray with 'Open/play' commands upon completion of download
• Has a password manager for websites

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Annoyances

• Has ads (in the free/trial versions)

Problems

• Although it seems to download fine from most content management systems, it has trouble with sites that do not support multi-source downloads
• Company holds software patent for multi-source file download [1]
• Sometimes DAP will not uninstall. This is known problem to SpeedBit. A known cause is uninstalling a older version of DAP and then installing a newer version of DAP, without rebooting. Then, the next reboot removes files from the newer version by accident, as they are the same name and location as the older versions files which are scheduled to be deleted. The advertisements that appear in the faulty uninstall, in Windows' Add or Remove Programs, gives off the impression the uninstall was purposely removed and replaced with ads[2]. The fix is to reinstall the newer version of DAP and then uninstall it, rebooting before and after each install and uninstall.

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External links

• SpeedBit - makers of Download Accelerator
• Xona.com - Uninstall Download Accelerator Plus (DAP)