I have one at home and one of a flash drive that I carry around with me.
I suggest you install it to C:/Program Files/ now, if you are on your home computer. I have made both the Windows and Mac versions available through this instructable, because I experience some slow connections some times. Installing Free Rapid 0.81, just means extracting FreeRapid-0.81.zip, 5.30MB to a directory of your choice. You will need to install Java, if you dont have it already.
Download the program file from the Download list on the left hand side of the homepage. maybe a year! REJECTED! Next we briefly go over the installation procedure for FreeRapid 0.81 > Made my computer bluescreen - first time in. Lost links, kept trying to download multiple RapidShare files. I dont like this approach at all and I certainly dont mind a program waiting for 15 minutes to donwload the next RapidShare file! So why go through the trouble? Rapidshare Leecher: Just sucks. Rapidshare Direct Downloader: Also uses router reset method. Rapidshare freeuser multiple file downloader Avast gave trojan warning. Other torrent downloads suffered, as well as common browsing. Used router reconnect method to refresh your IP and get another patch.
Restarting program would cause it to loose all of the links! Rapidown: Needs too much tweaking.
(update) In the interest of fairness, these are the rejected RS DLers: Other programs rejected and why: RapGet: seemed ok at first, then reported errors on every connection attempt jDownloader: Worked for a bit then would freeze. Long story short, after 4 days of testing and almost loosing patience, I ended up with a little jewel of a downloader that goes by the name of FreeRapid Downloader, Current version is FreeRapid Downloader 0.81, released on 16th January 2009. I reviewed about a half a dozen "free" Rapidshare downloaders. txt file of rapidshare links or monitor the clipboard', (d) Be stable / reliable, (e) Be free to use / donationware. no install necessary so I can use it at work :), (c) Should be able to accept a. My pass / fail requirements that I came up with off the top of my head were simple: (a) Program must support free rapidshare users, (b) Must be capable of standalone operation (i.e. I love it because I know that after I'm done, I will have optimised the efficiency of said task, thus saving my time in the future and extending my life expectancy :) Using this instructable I hope to save some precious time out of your lives, just as various other instructables have done for me.
So I went off and looked at most of the options available, benchmarked them I review here my findings along with brief information on how to "click-and-forget" rapidshare downloads, and most imporantly, for FREE! Next we see what my expectations were out of a good RapidShare Downloader > someone had already done it! Turns out there are several free rapidshare downloaders.
I recently came across some files that I wanted to grab, that I couldn't find anywhere else, so I sat though the "download & wait for 15 min to download another file" process, before thinking of a way to make an automatic downloader from Rapidshare, using some code I was toying with a couple of months ago. There are several p2p (peer-to-peer) fileshareing programs out there, but the recent rise of File Depositories, such as Rapidshare cannot be overlooked.
I myself admit whole-heartedly to being an anime freak and complete narutard. We have fast internet connections, large hard drives and even larger appetites for digital media of all sorts. I also remember the time when 1GB was 25% of your total hard drive storage space! But today technology had moved in leaps and bounds and we're riding the wave along with it. I remember just a few years ago, downloading a 1GB file off of the Internet was completely unheard of.