Another option for adding downloads to InstantGet that works from any web browser is to Right click on the link you want to download and pick the menu item to copy the URL to the clipboard. Something like: "Copy Link Address to Clipboard" or "Copy Link Location" or "Copy Shortcut". That will also trigger InstantGet to download the file.

 


You could install this plug-in into ...\Opera\Plugins or ...\Netscape6\Plugins or ..\Mozilla\Plugins directory.

Stopping or Uninstalling the Plug-In.

And another way to do downloads in InstantGet from Opera

Opera 7.x Right Click Menus.

Setting Up Plugins

 


 

Stopping InstantGet from handling clicks.

For just one 'type' of file:

• In Opera, pick the menu "File->Preferences", then "File Types" (or "Preferences->Associate..." in Opera 3.x).
• You must pick the MIME Type at the top, then change form "Show with Plugin" to "Save to Disk" or "Ask User".
• NOTE: this does require you know which MIME Type the server says the file is. And there are often multiple choices, .ZIP files could be "application/zip", "application/x-zip", "application/zip-compressed", etc.

To stop InstantGet from handling clicks completely:

• Go to Control Panel->Add/Remove Programs and remove "InstantGet Plug-In for Opera" or "InstantGet Browser Plug-ins (X)".
  OR
• Go to the \Plugins directory on your computer for the browser.
  Such as: C:\Program Files\Opera\Plugins
• Delete all the files named: npigop*.dll.

Another Opera Method

 


Another way to add, may need the latest Opera version, and is a bit manual to set it up but easy once it's going.

Make sure that you have the current version of Opera

In Opera's File->Preferences->File Types setup.

Select the type of file you want InstantGet to handle (for executables, zip-archives, etc.)

Choose the "Open with other application" option and enter the path to InstantGet.EXE and check the "Pass web address directly to application" checkbox.

Repeat for any and all file types you want InstantGet to handle. That's it!

Opera 7.x Right Click Menus

 


Opera 7.x also allows you to customize the Right click menus, this lets you add a menu item for "Download with InstantGet". There are just a few steps to follow to add this to Opera.

Make sure that you have the current version of Opera

Open Opera and goto Help/About Opera

Under "Paths" you will find the path to your "Preferences" file - the directory where this file is saved is also the folder where your personal profile is stored. Keep it in mind or write it down.

Close Opera, open Windows Explorer and browse to your your Opera directory (normally C:\Program files\Opera7)

Open the subfolder "defaults" and copy (Ctrl+C) the file "standard_menu.ini"

Next, browse to your profile folder (you wrote it down above, right :) and open the subfolder "menu" (if it does not exist, create it).

Paste the copied file here (Ctrl+V)

Open the file with a text editor like Notepad.

Change the name (line 7) into "Opera Standard with InstantGet extension"

Search for the category "[Link Popup Menu]" and add the following line into this category:

Item, "Download with InstantGet" = Copy link & Execute program, "C:\Program Files\InstantGet\InstantGet.exe","%c"

Search for the category "[Image Link Popup Menu]" and add the following line into this category:

Item, "Download with InstantGet" = Copy link & Execute program, "C:\Program Files\InstantGet\InstantGet.exe","%c"

Save the file and start Opera again

Goto File/Preferences/Toolbars and Menus

In the field "Menu setup" you will find a the new entry "Opera Standard with InstantGet extension". Mark this and press "OK"

That's it! You can now download link-targets by right-clicking on a link and choose "Download with InstantGet"