The windowtitle always contains the app's name, followed by the version id (0.4.079 in this case)

If updates are available, JD remindes you in it's title

There are many Addons for JDownloader to extend it's functionality. If updates for addons are available, JD ads this updates automaticly to the downloadlist. See "Install & Update addons"

All your downloads are listed here. You can resort the list by either draging the entries, or using the “Move-buttons”. JD downloads from top to bottom. This means that resorting the list changes the priority. There are two different entries in the list. Packages and Downloadlinks. Downloadlinks can be grouped to packages.

Depending on the Downloadlink's status, the row has a different color.
Green: Download has finished successfull
White: Download has not started yet
Red: Download was aborted due to an error

Using this Checkbox, the user can enable and disable the Premiumfeature
Before beeing able to use your premiumaccounts, you have to check this option!

JD is able to download more than one link at the same time. This can be usefull to boost up your downloadspeed. The max. amount of paralell downloads is 20.
Most(not all) hosters allow only one download at a time. Buy a premiumaccount to download more

Sometimes it might be usefull to limit the bandwith JD uses to download. 0 means “not limitation”.

Add one or more links

Add a Downloadlink Container. DLC, RSDF and CCF are supported.

Removes the selected entries

Removes all finished Downloads (marked green)

Removes all finished packages. Please note that by default, JD removes finished downloadlinks automaticly.

Exports the current Downloadlist (DLC Format)

Restarts JDownloader

Exits JDownloader

Opens the main configuration panel. There are two different configuration panels. You can switch between this two views

1. Feng Shui Config (default): A very simple config with basic options.
2. Advanced Config view: Show all available options.

The drag&drop Target is a very small window, that is always on top of all other windows. You can drag Links from the browser over this window to add new links.

Opens the addons overview panel

Most addons define their own menu. You find an entry for each addon that uses a menu. Look at the addon's docs for details.

Opens the hoster's overview panel

All our premium plugins are listed here.

Opens the configuration panel for the selected hoster

1. Enabled/Disable Premium (toggle this premiumaccount)
2. Get account information (validates this account and shows detailslike traffic left)

Shows the program's log. The log is used by our supporters to identify bugs.
Details on how to upload your log

Link to our Supportpage

Link to our Knowledgebase

Link to theChangelog

Short infos about JDownloader and it's Devs

Starts and stops the downloadprogress. There are advanced config options to automaticly start downloads on programmstart.

waits until all running downloads have finished and stops. No new downloadlinks will start.

opens a dialog to add one or more links. You even can paste sourcecode of a website. JD will grab links.

Add a Downloadlink Container. DLC, RSDF and CCF are supported.

Removes the selected downloadlinks

Move the selected links/packages to bottom

Move the selected links/packages one down

Move the selected links/packages one up

Move the selected links/packages to top

Opens the main configuration panel. There are two different configuration panels. You can switch between this two views

1. Feng Shui Config (default): A very simple config with basic options.
2. Advanced Config view: Show all available options.

If your connection is a dynamic ip connection (most dsl connections are) you can perform a reconnect to avoid waittime. To do this you have

1. Configure your reconnect settings
2. Enable the reconnect feature here (default: disabled)

If your routersettings are configured correct, you can force JD to do a reconnect.

If the clipboard observer is enabled, JD checks each content-change in your clipboard and searches fo supported links. If supported links are found, JD adds them. → The linkgrabber opens

JD Keeps itself up to date, and checks on each programmstart if there are waiting updates. To install new updates, just click this button.