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After uninstalling FlashGot or changing my external download manager, downloads are still redirected (or attempted to be redirected) to my old download manager. Whats happening?

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After uninstalling FlashGot or changing my external download manager, downloads are still redirected (or attempted to be redirected) to my old download manager. Whats happening?

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Many download managers are shipped with a native Mozilla plugin, i.e. a DLL file, which provides a very limited download support redirecting single browser clicks to the external program. If you use FlashGot you don’t need this DLL plugin at all and you should not install it (see FAQ 1.1). If you accidentally installed a native plugin, it will always take over your single click downloads even if you change your FlashGot download manager selection or uninstall FlashGot. Actually, sometimes it could still attempt download redirection even after you uninstalled the download manager program. These annoying plugin DLLs are usually placed in your C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugins. Some known plugins are npfdm.dll (for Free Download Manager), fdplugin.dll (for FreshDownload), NPLeetchGet.dll (for LeechGet). You can learn which plugins are actually installed and how their DLLs are called typing about:plugins in your address bar and hitting [Enter]. If your about:plugins page lists a DLL

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