WinWget+ - GUI for/with command-line GNU Wget

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WinWget+ - GUI for/with command-line GNU Wget

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WinWget+ Portable rel. 0.20.2020-1.21.2 has been released at October 11, 2021
PortableApps has created a portable build of WinWget+ by Sergey Goncharov https://www.astatix.com/tools/winwget.php.

WinWget+ has been mentioned in this Forum from:
• billon viewtopic.php?t=20900#p66801 and from
• Midas viewtopic.php?t=20900#p66815
How wrote billon it's already Portable/Stealth, but now we have a build with Wget 1.21.2 - 32 bit version.

WinWget+ is an unofficial version of original WinWget (open source) and it has been released as freeware (no source code).

Links:
• Winwget+ page on PortableApps: https://portableapps.com/news/2021-10-1 ... 2-released
• Sourceforge.net program page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/portab ... 0Portable/
• Sourceforge.net direct download: https://sourceforge.net/projects/portab ... e/download
• Softpedia: https://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE- ... able.shtml
• Wget (command-line) on this Forum: viewtopic.php?f=22&t=20900&start=45#p101946

Changes (from year 2019):
• Fixed issue with hidden controls after pressing Alt key in Windows Vista and later
• Now allows download to folders with ending "\" (ex. "c:\")
• Fixed range check error after adding job with empty download folder
• Added support for monitoring "https" URLs
• Now clipboard is not monitored when this option is disabled (before clipboard was always monitored and parsed)
• Improved speed of clipboard parsing
• The name is displayed as "WinWget+"
• Fixed log flicker during downloading

Full changelog is inside file 'readme.txt' contained in the build grabbed from author's site (see above)
Changelog (full)

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2020.04.28
Fixed log flicker during downloading.

2019.12.27
Added support for monitoring "https" URLs
Now clipboard is not monitored when this option is disabled (before clipboard was always monitored and parsed)
Improved speed of clipboard parsing
The name is displayed as "WinWget+"

2019.09.16
Fixed issue with hidden controls after pressing Alt key in Windows Vista and later
Now it is possible to download to folders with ending "\" (ex. "c:\")
Fixed range check error after adding job with empty download folder

2007.09.05
Fixed possible issues with multiple instances

2007.08.25
Now you always see the last line in log window during downloading
"Add/Edit Job" and "Options" dialogs centered correctly on multimonitor systems

2006.11.03
Project compiled with Turbo Delphi (some code modified)

2006.07.27 [1st public release]
Added website URL to About dialog
Removed GoogleBot User Agent
Added original Version Info
Main icon displayed more correctly (used as a project icon, not compiled in a separate resource as before)

2006.07.24
Fixed original bug with incorrect log formatting during download
Fixed icon view in the About dialog under Windows versions before XP

2006.07.21
Toolbar's "Stop Job" icon modified
Added new item in Job's context menu "Open Downloaded File"
"Browse download folder" also selects downloaded file after opening the folder
Added support of related paths for "Open Downloaded File" feature
Writing error number if impossible to open downloaded file
Fixed original bugs with pointers in using ShellExecute function
Screenshots:

Main Window of WinWget (GUI for GNU Wget)


Settings Window (before downloading file). [Add/edit job]


Global Options. [Proxy settings, downloads path, fonts, etc.]
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning." - Rick Cook.

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