How to deal with eMule unfinisheds?

[Triela]

I have moved unfinished downloads to the temporary directory of eMule, but they don't show up when I run the program. How do I fix this?
I asked Co-pilot, but no joy.

EDIT
Sorry for asking this, and this might be moved to a more appropiate forum? Also, this might be covered elsewhere already, and I've looked, but I can't find it.

[Night457]

(Note: I moved this thread to the eMule Help forum)

I have moved unfinished downloads to the temporary directory of eMule, but they don't show up when I run the program. How do I fix this?

I am a little confused by the premise of your question. Unfinished (partial) downloads are supposed to be in the "temp" directory of eMule in the first place, by default. Where did you move them from? Did you change the directory where you wanted them stored? And did you leave the ed2k links in your Transfers tab before running/restarting eMule?

To check or to change where eMule stores partial downloads, see in your eMule client
Options / Directories / Incoming Files.
To change, browse for the folder you want and select it, then click "Apply" and "OK".

This will not move any partial files that are already in your previously chosen folder, so don't forget where that was. You would have to transfer them manually from one to the other folder like any other file transfer. Note, they will have unidentifiable numbered names like "001.part" and "001.part.met.bak". The only way to tell files apart that I know of is by their size. You would want to move ALL the partial files to your chosen new folder anyway. FIRST, change the Incoming Files folder using eMule Options. SECOND, close eMule. THIRD, move the existing partial files to the new folder location. FOURTH, restart emule. If you have the ed2k links already in the Transfers/Downloads tab, then it SHOULD rehash them.

If this solution does not fix it, or if you ALREADY had "temp" as the Incoming Files folder, then it sounds like your files downloads are corrupted. This CAN be fixed with MetFileRegenerator, a small old bit of software. See instructions and download links here:
https://forum.emule-project.net/index.p ... pic=134086

The instructions (like my posts) are much more complicated than actually running it, but I have found that it DOES work. Here, there is the issue of identifying which file is which based on size alone! You will also likely have to reload the ed2k link. Thus it is best to take note of the complete NAMES of the files in your Transfers tab BEFORE you start running MetFileRegenerator. That way you can recover the ed2k links from FLM or from an eMule Search.

If I have completely misunderstood your question, then please ask it again rephrased with some more details.

[Triela]

Thanks for your kind (and many ) words

I am a little confused by the premise of your question.

that's bcos I was confusing! As in: I was overly succinct. I found some unfinisheds on my 2nd job PC. Which had an emule installation, with just one finished download. I liberated that one, and then I had a totally empty Transfers Window/Tab/whatever its called
I then checked the temp directory on the HDD and there were 8 partials, all have identical part.met and part.met.bak files, which is how they should be. 3 have zero byte .part files, and of the remaining 5, only two play video. One is "The ever after (2014)".

The other is a video where a 14-year-old-looking 23-year-old, does too play a 16 year old.{/url} ... oh well. {url=some type of international film database.com/title.rme/id=784b6e9b-a2f1-478e-8997-291906eadfdf }

And did you leave the ed2k links in your Transfers tab before running/restarting eMule?

No, because they refuse to show up.

to your chosen new folder anyway.

this is not the problem, i already have a temp folder, to which i moved the newlyfound unfinisheds, which also contains my regular unfinisheds

FIRST, change the Incoming Files folder using eMule Options. SECOND, close eMule. THIRD, move the existing partial files to the new folder location. FOURTH, restart emule. If you have the ed2k links already in the Transfers/Downloads tab, then it SHOULD rehash them.

I did all that, and I expected them to rehash automatically but they did not. Do that.

If this solution does not fix it, or if you ALREADY had "temp" as the Incoming Files folder, then it sounds like your files downloads are corrupted.

It did not fix, so corrupted they are?

This CAN be fixed with MetFileRegenerator, a small old bit of software. See instructions and download links here: https://forum.emule-project.net/index.p ... pic=134086

ok i ll try that. I don't find those instructions very clear. I will let you know, perhaps even before you wake up ...

You will also likely have to reload the ed2k link.

If I only knew how to do just that! How do I dó that?

Thus it is best to take note of the complete NAMES of the files in your Transfers tab BEFORE you start running MetFileRegenerator.

If only there WERE names!!

That way you can recover the ed2k links from FLM or from an eMule Search.

Well.....

If I have completely misunderstood your question, then please ask it again rephrased with some more details.

you partly did, which was wholly my fault.

[Night457]

NOW it makes more sense! Trying to transfer the partials from one computer to another and get them to restart just might be a little more tricky. You will DEFINITELY need MetFileRegenerator. If you no longer have the ed2k links at all, it probably will NOT work. Sorry. When I have used it, it makes me reload the ed2k before it finally works. If you can identify the movies and FIND the ed2k links before you start, then it could work.

In this way it is the same as torrenting: if there is nothing in the Transfers/Downloads window, nothing will download. If you have a partial torrent downloaded, then you can usually restart it if you have the original .torrent file or Magnet link. (It should be just like reloading an old completed torrent to reshare it.) The torrent/ed2k links are what "tells" the Torrent/eMule client to download something in the first place. Data sitting in the Download/Temp folder means nothing without that.

An emule search of "the ever after 2014" gives me 3 reasonable possibilities. Of course in this case you could give up on your partial and try an alternate.

The other is a video where a 14-year-old-looking 23-year-old, does too play a 16 year old.

Well if you know her age you might know her name and at least be able to find the name of the movie and search in eMule and find an ed2k link, unless it is completely gone from eMule by now. (In which case, you could not download it anyway.)

It did not fix, so corrupted they are?

Yes, but that does not mean it is hopeless. Emule has some error-correction built in (I think), so the parts with errors would be discarded and correct replacements downloaded. But this is really WAY beyond my technical knowledge; I am just going by the the errors I sometimes see showing up in the Logs. (And I say, "Hmmm, what's that mean?")

I don't find those instructions very clear.

No kidding. I read it, then downloaded the software, then followed along step-by-step with the different options. When it was done and it worked I was surprised because I did not even know what I was doing. The next time I had to use it some time later, I had to refresh my memory by looking back at the instructions again. Maybe by the third time I was able to figure it out on my own...

You will also likely have to reload the ed2k link.

If I only knew how to do just that! How do I dó that?

Reloading an ed2k link is exactly the same as putting it into eMule for the first time.
First, wait until you are prompted to do so by the software. Second, find the ed2k link, whether it is at FLM or another site, or after searching in the eMule Search tab. Third, double-click it wherever you found it and it will load in the Transfers tab. Or copy-paste it from a website into the Transfers tab.

If only there WERE names!!

That is the one huge never-corrected flaw in partial eMule downloads: they are identified only by an arbitrary number. At least Torrents give the partial download the same name as it would be if it were complete! But then, eMule stopped official development well over a decade ago.

There were times when I had some sort of CRASH and I ended up with a Transfers tab of ed2k links indicating errors for multiple files. I could only regenerate them when I figured out which ed2k link matched which partial files by their size.

It will be interesting to see if you have any success. You may very well have to give up and delete the partials, then start over again when some time from now you realize there was "some movie" you wanted and go looking for it again.

[Zorijer]

The 'Tools' tab has an option for importing downloads, maybe that'll work. IIRC you point it at the folder with the old files and it'll produce new partial downloads in the current installation.

[Night457]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That sounds like a GREAT idea!! Thanks!
Triela, if you have not deleted your partials in frustration, try that method too. Let us know how it works.

[Triela]

This kinda worked, actually although it seemed to have missed some of them. I have to look and rename the ones in the Transfer window to include their temp file 3digit number.

[Night457]

Then you'll delete the missed items? Or try to regenerate them? The real test will be to find out if any of them are still shared and will complete for you. Glad you had some success.