Unable to detect FlashGet

[MP001]

Since a month now, FlashGot (1.1.9.8) has suddenly stopped detecting my download manager (FlashGet 1.9.0.1012). When I start Firefox (3.5.1) I get a error message as

Cant Open file C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\flashgot.bcxdhhn5.default\FlashGot.exe.test

This is the same message that I got when I tried to detect the Download manager.

FlashGet has been installed on my computer for a couple of years now. Same for Flashgot (but it keeps updating). I have tried to reinstall flashgot but the same error.

Please help

[Giorgio Maone]

Does the file C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\flashgot.bcxdhhn5.default\FlashGot.exe.test exists when it happens (i.e. while Firefox is running)?
Have you got permissions to write in that directory?

[MP001]

The directory does exist, but there is no file in it. And yes, I do have permissions to write in this directory.

[Cpell]

I have the same problema, flashgot unable to detect flashget. I use win 7 and firefox 3.51

[Giorgio Maone]

Could you please post your FlashGot Options|Advanced|Show Log output?
Also, do "Download with FlashGet" menu items work in IE?

[MP001]

I cleared the LOG and then did a DETECT. Follow is pasted below for your reference.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*** Log start at Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:27:34 GMT
Running C:\Documents and Settings\paresh.PROLOGICFIRST\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\bcxdhhn5.default\FlashGot.exe -o C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\flashgot.bcxdhhn5.default\FlashGot.exe.test -- blocking
Warning: native invocation of
C:\Documents and Settings\paresh.PROLOGICFIRST\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\bcxdhhn5.default\FlashGot.exe
with arguments <-o C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\flashgot.bcxdhhn5.default\FlashGot.exe.test>
returned 4096
Component returned failure code: 0x80520012 (NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) [nsIFileInputStream.init]
Warning: download manager wxDownload Fast not found
Warning: download manager Wget not found
Warning: download manager WellGet not found
Warning: download manager TrueDownloader not found
Warning: download manager Thunder (Old) not found
Warning: download manager Thunder not found
Warning: download manager Star Downloader not found
Warning: download manager Speed Download Lite not found
Warning: download manager Speed Download not found
Warning: download manager Retriever not found
Warning: download manager ReGet not found
Warning: download manager Orbit not found
Warning: download manager NetAnts not found
Warning: download manager Net Transport 2 not found
Warning: download manager Net Transport not found
Warning: download manager Mass Downloader not found
Warning: download manager LeechGet 2002 not found
Warning: download manager LeechGet not found
Warning: download manager Leech not found
Warning: download manager KDE KGet not found
Warning: download manager JDownloader not found
Warning: download manager Internet Download Manager not found
Warning: download manager Internet Download Accelerator not found
Warning: download manager InstantGet not found
Warning: download manager iGetter Win not found
Warning: download manager iGetter not found
Warning: download manager HiDownload not found
Warning: download manager GNOME Gwget not found
Warning: download manager GigaGet not found
Warning: download manager GetRight not found
Warning: download manager FreshDownload not found
Warning: download manager Free Download Manager not found
Warning: download manager FlashGet 2.x not found
Warning: download manager FlashGet 2 not found
Warning: download manager FlashGet not found
Warning: download manager DTA (Turbo) not found
Warning: download manager DTA not found
Warning: download manager DownloadStudio not found
Warning: download manager Downloader 4 X (nt) not found
Warning: download manager Downloader 4 X not found
Warning: download manager Download Master not found
Warning: download manager Download Accelerator Plus not found
Warning: download manager cURL not found
Warning: download manager BitComet not found
Warning: download manager Aria 2 not found
Warning: download manager Aria not found

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

How will flashgot work in IE???

Thanks
MP

[Giorgio Maone]

I cleared the LOG and then did a DETECT. Follow is pasted below for your reference.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*** Log start at Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:27:34 GMT
Running C:\Documents and Settings\paresh.PROLOGICFIRST\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\bcxdhhn5.default\FlashGot.exe -o C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\flashgot.bcxdhhn5.default\FlashGot.exe.test -- blocking
Warning: native invocation of
C:\Documents and Settings\paresh.PROLOGICFIRST\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\bcxdhhn5.default\FlashGot.exe
with arguments <-o C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\flashgot.bcxdhhn5.default\FlashGot.exe.test>
returned 4096
Component returned failure code: 0x80520012 (NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) [nsIFileInputStream.init]

This part of the log means that "FlashGot.exe" could not be found, which in turn means that it could not be previously created.
This can be due to wrong permissions on your profile directory, or an anti-virus / personal firewall interfering with Firefox.
Could you

1. Check if FlashGot.exe is present in your profile, and if it is, whether you can run it or not.
2. If it's not there, check if you can write files on your Firefox profile
3. Anyway, try to run Firefox once after temporarily disabling your security softwares. Maybe one of them is tagging "FlashGot.exe" as a malware (like it happened with avast! a couple of weeks ago) and is preventing it from being accessed.

How will flashgot work in IE???

I meant FlashGet. However, it's a moot point after your logs.

[MP001]

I could not find flashgot.exe anywhere on the C drive. Maybe that is the problem. How can I get this file.
Yes, I can write files onto my Firefox profile
I disabled my ANti virus (Kaspersky) but still the problem remains.

Thanks for your help. Hoping for an early resolution.

MP

[Giorgio Maone]

FlashGot automatically creates FlashGot.exe in your profile directory C:\Documents and Settings\paresh.PROLOGICFIRST\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\bcxdhhn5.default\ if it can't find it on Firefox startup.
Please clear your log and restart the browser once, to see if a more informative message about failing FlashGot.exe creation is given.
At any rate, you may try to download FlashGot.exe inside your profile directory manually, but that would definitely amount to a cheap work-around for a weird issue.

[MP001]

I cleared the LOG and restarted the browser. Here is the LOG

*** Log start at Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:27:27 GMT
Starting cleanup
Cleanup done
*** Log start at Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:27:35 GMT
Per-session init started
Running C:\Documents and Settings\paresh.PROLOGICFIRST\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\bcxdhhn5.default\FlashGot.exe -o C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\flashgot.bcxdhhn5.default\FlashGot.exe.test -- blocking
Warning: native invocation of
C:\Documents and Settings\paresh.PROLOGICFIRST\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\bcxdhhn5.default\FlashGot.exe
with arguments <-o C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\flashgot.bcxdhhn5.default\FlashGot.exe.test>
returned 4096
Component returned failure code: 0x80520012 (NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) [nsIFileInputStream.init]
Warning: download manager wxDownload Fast not found
No *X shell: Component returned failure code: 0x80520001 (NS_ERROR_FILE_UNRECOGNIZED_PATH) [nsILocalFile.initWithPath]
Warning: download manager Wget not found
Warning: download manager WellGet not found
Warning: download manager TrueDownloader not found
Warning: download manager Thunder (Old) not found
Warning: download manager Thunder not found
Warning: download manager Star Downloader not found
Warning: download manager Speed Download Lite not found
Warning: download manager Speed Download not found
Warning: download manager Retriever not found
Warning: download manager ReGet not found
Warning: download manager Orbit not found
Warning: download manager NetAnts not found
Warning: download manager Net Transport 2 not found
Warning: download manager Net Transport not found
Warning: download manager Mass Downloader not found
Warning: download manager LeechGet 2002 not found
Warning: download manager LeechGet not found
Warning: download manager Leech not found
Warning: download manager KDE KGet not found
Warning: download manager JDownloader not found
Warning: download manager Internet Download Manager not found
Warning: download manager Internet Download Accelerator not found
Warning: download manager InstantGet not found
Warning: download manager iGetter Win not found
Warning: download manager iGetter not found
Warning: download manager HiDownload not found
Warning: download manager GNOME Gwget not found
Warning: download manager GigaGet not found
Warning: download manager GetRight not found
Warning: download manager FreshDownload not found
Warning: download manager Free Download Manager not found
Warning: download manager FlashGet 2.x not found
Warning: download manager FlashGet 2 not found
Warning: download manager FlashGet not found
Warning: download manager DTA (Turbo) not found
Warning: download manager DTA not found
Warning: download manager DownloadStudio not found
Warning: download manager Downloader 4 X (nt) not found
Warning: download manager Downloader 4 X not found
Warning: download manager Download Master not found
Warning: download manager Download Accelerator Plus not found
Warning: download manager cURL not found
Warning: download manager BitComet not found
Warning: download manager Aria 2 not found
Warning: download manager Aria not found
Per-session init done in 1906ms
JDownloader response:
0

I dont see much change.
Please suggest.

Regards

[Giorgio Maone]

I dont see much change.
Please suggest.

Did you try to download FlashGot.exe and put it manually in your profile as suggested in my previous post?

[Giorgio Maone]

Also, does the C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\flashgot.bcxdhhn5.default\ path exist and can you write inside it?

[MP001]

The C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\flashgot.bcxdhhn5.default\ directory exists and I am able to write in this directory.
I copied the flashgot.exe in the profile, but still the problem remains the same.

Thanks for your Help

MP

[Giorgio Maone]

Please open a command prompt and run this command manually:

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C:\Documents and Settings\paresh.PROLOGICFIRST\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\bcxdhhn5.default\FlashGot.exe -o C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\flashgot.bcxdhhn5.default\FlashGot.exe.test

Do you get any error message?
Does the C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\flashgot.bcxdhhn5.default\FlashGot.exe.test get created?

[MP001]

I get the following message

Can't open file C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\flashgot.bcxdhhn5.default\FlashGot.exe.test

The file does not get created. However I do have the rights to write in this directory.

Thanks