I just used your updates files to replace the mess I had. 224 updates as opposed to 509 ! (don't ask) Saved me 1/2 hr of build time and who knows how many headaches after install. From having done similar projects I can tell that it took you a
ton of time to do this. So thank you, thank you, Thank You! I'm in your debt. (In case you need someone to mow your lawn or wash your car...)
It's funny how subjective our program preferences are. I took your advice and tried Free Download Mgr x64 - ver 5.1.34. The install was 186mb (including 8mb just in lang files)!!! During install it wanted to be the default client for torrents, etc, it wanted a signed pre-nuptial agreement and keys to my safe deposit box. On startup you're presented with a big empty page that just says: "feed me!" There's an icon to set a few settings and that's pretty much it. (everyone's copying Chrome's "minimalist" style as if that's why people used Chrome) No menubar - no nothing. Anyway I had just copied your list of URL's before starting FDM and it grabbed them from the clipboard w/o asking and went to work. And I was sitting there with my jaw flapping looking as a dialog window that also displayed all the updates. And w/o giving it sufficient thought I clicked OK. Now it had 448 files to download! I found the cancel button and killed it before I had updates coming out my ears!
And the I spent the next hr fruitlessly trying to feed it your txt file or paste the list into the right box in an effort to get it to redo what it proved it
can do and finally gave up. No, there's no File Menu > Batch Download because there's no Menubar. I'm betting that you have a earlier ver of the program before they "modernized" it. Don't upgrade whatever you do.
Then I uninstalled FDM x64 and tried FDM x86 ver 3.9.7. Not only was the install less than 20% of it's x64 cousin but it's a
completely different program. This one has a much more conventional interface and an impressive set of settings to play with. But after wasting another hour of my life I couldn't get this one to do a batch download either. Sigh...
My next try was EagleGet
v2.0.4.25. Reasonable install size but wasn't able to get this one to accept your list either. Another 1/2 hr shot.
My last attempt (before I gave up my digital existence forever for a cave up in the Himalayas) was a free, open source downloader called UGet. Approx 35mb on my HD and portable. Simple but recognizable interface w/ an adaquate # of settings. (and not fixated on torrents to the exclusion of everything else like the current FDM) And if you go to File > Batch Download there are 4, count 'em, 4 ways to enter your list of URL's. It just works! What a concept. (2 tips: the download dialog will not ask you where to put these files - that's a global config in Settings. And I found it helpful to configure it to monitor the clipboard (since my list was already there.)
Hope this saves someone from wasting an entire evening like I did.