Widestream6 : Your free download booster

Widestream6 is the download software that allows you to organise and optimise your downloads. No need to use various programs, no need to pay for the software, Widestream6 is your all-in-one download manager.

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Widestream6 offers you a range of benefits:

Boost downloads: increase the speed of your downloads
Manage Downloads: organize your simultaneous downloads
Plug and play: install and start your downloads rightaway
No trial version: Widestream6 is 100% free

This software is totally free and offers recommendations of applications in its process of installation. These recommendations are optional and can be unselected to install only this software. Some of these recommendations may offer you to change some of your navigation settings in order to provide you with a better user experience, again the selection of these changes is optional.

The software is compatible with all the browsers and with the operative systems Windows XP, Vista and 7.

This program can be removed at any time via Add/Remove Program Utility. Click here to see how to uninstall this software.

The W6 User Guide

An extensive Widestream6 user manual describing all functionalities of the software is available here. Choose on one of the subjects below and click to open the corresponding chapter.

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Note: for now the manual is only available in English.

Overview

WideStream6 is the latest and most complete edition in the line of Widestream download managers. Widestream6 is a download manager and FTP explorer that can be used to effectively manage your downloads from HTTP and FTP resources.

WideStream allows you to download several files at a time, open multiple connections (up to 20) to a single file in order to accelerate your download speed, to resume broken downloads, to download from servers that require authorization and much more.

WideStream was designed with simplicity in mind. We try to keep the learning curve as low as possible and for that reason the user interface and behavior of the program is much alike other download managers.

At the same time, WideStream offers a lot of advanced features for power users such as flexible queue management that allows you to fully control the current number of active downloads and the number of connections per download, to change the number of opened connections per file on the fly without the need to restart a download, to manage traffic usage, configure work through SSL protocol and so forth.

In other word if you just need to get your file all you need to do is to click one button, if you need to do it with the full control over the process you have all the tools you might require.

Program features

WideStream6 has the following major features:

Multiple simultaneous downloads which are managed using a graphical interface
Download from HTTP and FTP
An ability to resume broken HTTP and FTP downloads, auto restart of failed downloads
FTP explorer that supports authorization and allows to download files from browsed folders
FTP explorer history with detailed log for downloads and FTP explorer
Authorization for HTTP and FTP
HTTP 1.0 and HTTP 1.1
Configurable HTTP auto redirections
HTTP to FTP redirection
Smart download acceleration with up to 20 connections per download
An ability to change number of connections per download on the fly without the need to suspend a download
Download priorities which are used to favor one download in the bandwidth over others
Download adapter which is an extension engine that allows you to download from virtually any source such as YouTube, Google Video, closed file servers that require authorization and so forth.
Total bandwidth management for an application
Host manager with wildcard matching for host name that allows you to store credentials and other settings (including number of connections, downloads folder, HTTP and FTP options) for different sites
Work with multiple queue definition files, auto save of queue definitions
Customizable user interface, support for visual themes including system theme, Office 2003 and Office 2007 themes
Minimize to tray feature
An ability to run at Windows startup in a regular or minimized form
Download notifications balloons
A ticker style active downloads window that is transparent and displayed over other windows, and can be used to track download status when the program itself is minimized
URL crawler that can scan sites and grasp all URLs from the web pages
An ability to work with a huge download queue and to effectively filter downloads by date, status (i.e. Paused or completed) and file type.
Download tags that allow navigation within download queue effectively and to easily find a require download
User interface in multiple languages
Browser integration (Internet Explorer, Opera and FireFox are supported)
Plug-in support: you can add new protocols and new download adapters without changing the code of the application (see project blog for more details).

Installation and first time configuration

WideStream requires Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5. .NET Framework is a modern platform for Windows applications. Version 3.5 is not shipped with any current version of Windows but it may be downloaded through Windows Update if you have it enabled. You can also download it from the Microsoft site (http://www.microsoft.com/net/Download.aspx) and install it manually. If you have any questions or problems considering .NET Framework installation please feel free to contact us or to create a support request.

When the application is first launched it creates a folder WideStream inside My Documents (in XP and earlier versions) folder or inside Documents (in Vista and higher versions). Inside a WideStream folder there is a Downloads folder which is used by default to store all your downloaded files (you can however change this behavior through the configuration dialog).

Also, WideStream creates a key in a registry - HKEY LOCAL USER\Software\WideStream - that is used to consolidate the view state of a program (such as size and position of a main window, etc.). If you are experiencing problems with an application or you simply want to reverse all settings back to default you can delete the program configuration file and a registry key. But bear in mind that you will lose all your settings, FTP explorer history and hosts registered in a host manager.

Main application window

Main application window is what you see when you launch WideStream.

This window includes the following elements:

Menu bar, which provides you access to all application functionality. Menu bar may change depending on the current mode of an application (i.e. download manager or FTP explorer) but you will always have an access to general features (such as View and menu application configuration).
Toolbar that provides shortcuts to frequently used functionalities. Toolbar may change depending on the current mode of an application (i.e. download manager or FTP explorer). You can hide or display additional buttons by clicking on a small button at the end of the toolbar and selecting buttons from the popup list.
Navigation window that allows you to filter downloads by download time, status (such as running or paused), by file type (Office documents, video files, music, pictures, etc.) and by custom tags.
Side bar (displayed on the right) that allows you to quickly switch between downloads, FTP folders and a list of registered hosts in a host manager
Log window (that's the grid with headers Time, Message, etc.) is available all the time and is used to display information and error message. Use log window to track your download progress, to gain stats about what is happening, etc.
Status bar which information might vary depending whether you have the download manager or FTP explorer or host manager opened – it can show you the total number of downloads, the server name to which you are currently connecting, etc.
Central part of the screen contains either a grid with current downloads or a list of files and folders if you are in FTP explorer mode or a list of hosts if you are inside host manager.

Menu bar provides an access to the following functions:

File menu:

Exit - exit an application. You don't have to manually pause all the active downloads if you have any, the application will pause them automatically. In a case when a download cannot be paused (which means that a server doesn't support the resume download feature) you will be prompted that the progress for this download will be lost if you exit.

View menu:

Download manager - switch to the download manager mode.
FTP explorer - switch to the FTP explorer mode.
Host manager – switch to the host manager mode
Navigation pane – show a panel that allows you to filter downloads by date, file type, status and tag.
Show Active Downloads window – show a ticker style floating window with information about current downloads.
Log - choose whether or not to show the log pane.
Status Bar - choose whether or not to show the status bar.
Tool Bar - choose whether or not to show tool bar.
Side Bar – choose whether or not to show side bar that allows you to quickly switch between download manager, FTP manager and host manager.

Tools menu:

Add-ins - open add-ins dialog that shows which protocols (such as HTTP and FTP) are currently installed and which download adapters are available.
Options - open program options window. Program options will be described in a separate section.

Help menu:

Documentation - open this documentation page on WideStream site in your default browser.
About WideStream - show information about program.

Log window which size can be always adjusted and remembered by an application is controlled through a context menu. Log context menu provides access to the following functions:

Copy - copy currently selected log entry to the clipboard.
Copy all - copy all log entries from the log window to the clipboard.
Save Log – save current log to a file (you can choose between CSV, HTML and XML file)
Clear - clear the current log window.

The main application toolbar always contains buttons specific to the current application mode – download manager, FTP manager or host manager. The only button that is available all the time is Options button that opens an application configuration dialog. Toolbar display buttons that are also available in the main menu. You choose which toolbar buttons to show by clicking a small button at the right corner of the toolbar

Just check the buttons that you wish to see and they will appear on a toolbar.

Download Manager

Download manager can be opened from the main menu: View -> Download Manager. When Download Manager is the active view, you will be able to see the grid with downloads in the main section of the form

This grid includes the following columns

# (Number) column that shows the download number (this is an order in which download will be processed in a queue).
Download column that shows either a download link or just a file name.
Progress column that shows a progress of a download (from 0 to 100%). Besides this it shows an icon that identifies a status of a download. Also (if turn on so called priority icons through Tools/Options/Queue Manager/Priority Icon -> Show) it can displayed as a small icon that determines a priority of a download - red H for high priority, blue L for low priority and just a white space for normal priority.
Size column that shows the size of a file being downloaded
Downloaded column that shows how many bytes were already downloaded
Speed used to indicate the current speed. A red arrow that can be displayed in this column shows that speed is increasing, blue arrow - that speed is decreasing, black dot - that speed is not changing.
Time Left column shows an estimated time left before download ends.
Connections column shows a number of simultaneous connections for a download.
Date column shows a date when a download was completed.
Status column shows a status of a download.
You can choose to hide or show additional columns by right clicking the grid header and selecting columns from a popup menu. You can also resize and reorder these columns by dragging them as you wish. Position and width of all columns will be remembered by WideStream.

Downloads have the following statuses

Waiting - which means that the download has not yet started and will be processed by the download manager later.
Initializing - download is about to start.
Downloading - download is in process.
Paused - you have paused your download but can resume it from the place where you have paused it at any time.
Aborted - you have stopped your download and can start it only from the beginning.
Failed - number of errors during download exceeded the limit and download has failed. This status is similar to Aborted.
Finished - download has successfully finished.

You can control your downloads through either the content menu, tray icon menu, Download menu in the main menu or using buttons on the toolbar.

Download Manager adds the following items to the main menu:

File menu:

Create new queue – create a new queue definition file. Only available in download manager mode.
Open queue – open an existing queue definition file. Only available in download manager mode.
Save queue – save current queue. Only available in download manager mode.
Save queue as – save current queue under a different name (next time you will load WideStream it will obtain information about downloads from this new file location). Only available in download manager mode.

Edit menu:

Copy download URL – copy currently selected download URL to the clipboard
Copy all downloads URLs – copy URLs of all downloads to the clipboard

Download menu:

URL Crawler open a URL crawler that can scan web sites and grasp links
Add downloads opens a Configure Download window that allows adding one or multiple downloads.
Maximum downloads opens a submenu that allows you to select a number of files that will be downloaded simultaneously (from 1 to 20). Choosing Don't Start New Downloads will freeze the download queue.
Traffic usage allows you to configure the global traffic usage of an application (you can pick one of the limited modes such as 64 Kb/s, full mode or extreme mode when applications opens more connections per download even when there is a lot of downloads running simultaneously).
Pause download pauses the currently selected download.
Pause all downloads pauses all currently running downloads.
Stop download stops (aborts) currently selected download.
Resume all downloads resumes all currently paused downloads.
Resume download resumes currently selected download.
Remove download removes currently selected download.
Remove all successful removes all successful downloads.
Move download up moves selected download up in the queue.
Move download down moves selected download down in the queue.
Open containing folder opens a folder where the selected file is placed.
Open file opens a currently selected file.
Download properties opens download properties dialog (which is the same as Configure Download dialog).

Context menu is similar to the main download menu, but it also allows you to "freeze" the queue (Don't Start New Downloads) and to quickly change download priority through the sub menu with Low, Normal and High choices.

You can also control the download manager through tray icon menu, by right clicking an icon in the tray. Tray menu allows you to add a download, change traffic usage, "freeze" the queue, resume or pause all downloads.

Application toolbar give a quick access some of the core features available in download manager

You can manage queue, add or remove downloads, control active downloads, filter downloads list and launch URL Crawler.

Navigation Window and Tags

The Navigation Window allows you to filter downloads in the download queue. WideStream can effectively handle hundreds of downloads – no need to remove old downloads once you finished downloading a file. If the file is lost you always can download it again by preserving a link in the WideStream download queue.

The Navigation Window has four sections – Display Downloads, Show Only, File Types and Tags

Display Downloads section allows you to choose for which time period the downloads will be showing – by default it is one week, you can choose a month, two months, two or three days old or just for today.
Show only section allows you to choose which downloads to show – active, paused, failed, stopped or completed.
File Types section allows you to choose the type of the download shown – video, music, software, web pages, pictures, etc.
Tags section can be used to filter the list of downloads by custom tags.

All the filters from the Navigation Window can be combined, i.e. you can show only two days old music downloads that were paused.

The Tags section allows you to filter downloads using so called download tags. These are categories that can be assigned to each download through the download dialog:

You can specify one or several tags separated by a semicolon. All your tags will be displayed in the Tags section. You can choose multiple tags at a time – and all downloads that match these tags will be shown. If a download doesn't have a tag it will be hidden. Or you can choose to display all download s by checking an All option and you will see all downloads that have or don't have tags associated with them.

URL Crawler

URL Crawler allows you to scan sites for links and displays these links in the list so you can either copy them to clipboard or download in WideStream. URL Crawler can be launched by clicking the URL Crawler button on a toolbar or by selecting an appropriate item in the Download menu.

URL Crawler has a simple and flexible user interface. You can enter a link like http://contoso.com/linkPage.aspx in the Links field and optional mask in the mask field. Mask allows you to use wildcards to filter out the list of scanned URLs. For example, if you enter *.jpg mask URL Crawler will only look for images. If you enter *mysite.com* mask it will only look for the links to the site called mysite.com.

After that you can click a Crawl URL button. If the URL Crawler finds any links that match your search criteria it will display them in a Links list:

You can choose desired links by clicking a check box nearby each link (right clicking the link list will open a context menu that allows you select or deselect all links). When any of the links are selected you can hit either the Copy button that copies links to the clipboard or the Download button that opens a download dialog with your links in it.

Host Manager

Host manager (this is accessible from the main menu: Tools -> Host manager) is used to save settings specific to concrete hosts. For example, you may wish to download from rapidshare only in 3 connections, to use HTTP 1.0 instead of 1.1 and of course to set up your premium account credentials. If you have it configured each time you will be downloading from rapidshare the settings for rapidshare from host manager will be applied by default.

Host manager window is a grid that displays all registered host managers. By default this grid shows Host Name, Description, Timeout, Error Limit, Priority and Maximum Connections. You can choose display columns from the Tools -> Options dialog or by right clicking the column headers:

Host manager adds the following items to the main menu:

Edit menu:

Copy selected host names – copy the names of the selected hosts into clip board.
Copy all host names – copy the names of all hosts into clipboard

Host Manager menu:

Register a new host – opens a dialog that allows you to add a new host and to configure host details.
Remove selected host – removes a currently selected host
Host properties – opens a properties window for a currently selected host that allows you to changes host details.

The Application toolbar gives quick access to some of the core features available in host manager:

You can add, remove and edit and an existing host using toolbar buttons. When you add or change an existing host you are working with, the dialog window that is similar to the one that is used to add downloads in download manager. The dialog that is used to manage host details is organized using a tabbed page control. The first two pages are Host and General.

The Host page allows you to specify major host details such as host name, a description that can be used for reference purposes and credentials. Remember that you should enter only host names and domain names in the host name field - not URLs. For example, rapidshare.com is a correct entry while http://rapidshare.com is not. You can also use wildcards in domain names. For example, *.sourceforge.net will match all domains under sourceforge.net including widestream.sourceforge.net but not the sourceforge.net itself. But *sourceforge.net will match all domains that end with sourceforge.net (in our case both widestream.sourceforge.net and sourceforge.net itself).

The General page allows you to configure general download properties. By default all controls on this page (as well as all controls on subsequent pages) are displayed. It means that default settings will be used. If you want to override default settings check a check box nearby to the name of the setting - and it will be enabled. The settings on this page are similar to the settings that you can see on the Settings tab when adding the new download - with the only exception being that you can also specify a download path here.

Other pages in the host manager dialog represent protocol settings. By default these are FTP and HTTP protocols. These settings are similar to the settings that you can see in the Configure Download dialog.

FTP Explorer

FTP Explorer allows you to browse remote FTP directories using an interface similar to the one that you can see in Windows file explorer. FTP Explorer includes a main window with folders and file view, log window that displays statistics for current connections, a menu and a toolbar with an Address bar where you can enter links to the FTP directories:

FTP Explorer mode adds the following items to the main application menu:

Edit menu:

Copy File URL - copy an URL of the currently selected file to the clipboard
Copy All File URL - copy URLs of all files and folders in the current view

FTP Manager menu:

Download selected files - open a Configure Downloads dialog with the files that are currently selected
Open FTP - open an FTP directory that is currently entered in an Address bar
Move level up - move to the parent FTP directory (this item will be disabled if you are in the root FTP directory)
Stop connecting - cancel the current request
Refresh current folder - refreshes the currently opened FTP directory
Set Credentials - open a dialog to configure FTP credentials

FTP Explorer toolbar contains an address bar that allows you to enter links to FTP directories and a couple of buttons for quick access to some of the items from FTP Manager menu:

The Address bar keeps the history of browsed FTP folders. You can select a previously opened FTP by expanding the address dropdown. The icon at the left of the address bar identifies the status of the current request. You will see a check mark as in the screen shot above if an FTP Toga toga toga directory was successfully opened. If WideStream fails it will display a different icon:

You can hover your mouse pointer over this icon to see the details of the error message. You can also see an error message in the log window. The other buttons available on a toolbar are: Open (to open FTP directory entered in the Address bar), Move Level Up, Stop Connection, Refresh and Set Credentials.

If you click the Set Credentials button it will open the following dialog:

By default if you don't check the Specify login and password check box you connect under the anonymous credentials. If you want to specify the user name and password for a specific FTP check the check box and enter your credentials in the User Name and Password text areas.

Program options

WideStream configuration dialog can be either opened using the Options button on a toolbar or via Tools -> Options menu. The Options dialog is split into several sections

General section contains settings that affect all application modes:

Environment. This page contains settings that allow you to change user interface language, UI settings, visual theme, minimize action (you can disable the hide in tray feature that is enabled by default) and choose which prompt dialogs will be shown.
Startup and Recovery. This page allows you to configure configuration file location, configuration encryption and encoding, what to do when an error occurs during loading or saving of a configuration file and whether to remember window state and position.
Log. This page can be used to configure logging mode and colors used in download manager and FTP log.
Integration. This section allows you to enable to integrate with popular browsers.

The Download manager section contains settings for download manager mode.

Display. This page allows you to configure the download manager mode view: how the download is displayed on a grid, whether to show a speed change icon nearby the download speed number for each download, whether to show a priority icon for each download, whether you can resize and sort download grid columns, how the progress bar for download should be displayed, which columns in a download grid should be shown, etc.
Notification. This page can be used to configure download notifications. You can choose which notifications to enable and select colors for each of the notifications type.
Active Downloads Window. This page allows you to configure the Active Downloads Window. You can choose how and when this window is shown and select colors that are used in this window.
Queue Manager. This page allows you to configure the queue manager - traffic usage, maximum downloads, when to use download acceleration, how to deal with connections via SSL, etc. Some of the options here are accessible from the main menu as well.
Download Properties. This page can be used to set the default general properties for a download including a folder where a download file will be saved, maximum connections per download, download priority, timeout, error limit, retry time, start mode and even default download tag.
Default Proxy Settings. This page allows you to configure the default proxy settings that will be used by a download. By default the same settings as in Internet Explorer are used.
HTTP. This page allows you to configure default settings for HTTP downloads.
FTP. This page allows you to configure default settings for FTP downloads.

The FTP Manager section contains settings for the FTP explorer mode.

FTP Explorer. This page can be used for the general configuration of FTP explorer - timeout, folder and files listing encoding, usage of passive mode and keep a live mode, whether to switch to download manager when you choose files to be downloaded or to stay in FTP explorer, etc. You can also configure FTP explorer view including columns that are displayed in a files and folders grid and whether you are able to resize and regroup these columns.
Explorer History. This page allows you to configure FTP explorer history - a list of visited links that is displayed when you expand an address bar. You choose the size of the history, how the new hosts are added to the history and browse the history itself with an ability to fully clear it.

The Host Manager section contains settings for the Host manager mode.

General. This page contains all settings for the host manager and allows you to configure the grid where registered hosts are displayed.

Command line parameters

You can launch WideStream6 with command line parameters that allow you to control the application. For example with command line parameters you can integrate WideStream with FlashGot or with any browser that supports external download managers but is not supported by WideStream itself.

WideStream supports the following command line parameters:

-url - this parameter allows to pass an URL to WideStream. For example, widestream.exe -url http://site.com/file.zip. You can enclose URL in quotes but this is not mandatory. When this parameter is used WideStream will automatically show Add Download dialog with the supplied link. If WideStream is already running it will still show this dialog.
-minimize - this parameter is used to lunch WideStream in minimized form. It will not show its main window - but you will a WideStream icon in the tray area. You can use this parameter if you want to configure WideStream to be launched at system startup.
-log - this parameter is used to support error logging feature. You should provide a path to the log file - i.e. widestream.exe -log C:\temp\log.txt. You should enclose the path to the file in quotes if it contains spaces. Error log will contain dump of all errors including download errors and application errors.

This software is totally free and offers recommendations of applications in its process of installation. These recommendations are optional and can be unselected to install only this software. Some of these recommendations may offer you to change some of your navigation settings in order to provide you with a better user experience, again the selection of these changes is optional.

Install Widestream6 in 5 steps

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A step by step description of how to download:

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- 1Click the DOWNLOAD button - click “SAVE FILE“ in the window that opensOnce the download is complete, double click on the file in the download window
- 2The Widestream6 Installer is opened, click on the Next button
- 3Read the Terms & Conditions of use of the Widestream6 software, and if you agree please confirm this by selecting "I accept the terms in the License Agreement" and clicking the Next button.
- 4From here on, please follow the instructions provided by the Installation Assistant.
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- 1Click the DOWNLOAD button – Click “RUN” in the window that opens
- 2The Widestream6 Installer is opened, click on the Next button
- 3Read the Terms & Conditions of use of the Widestream6 software, and if you agree please confirm this by selecting "I accept the terms in the License Agreement" and clicking the Next button.
- 4From here on, please follow the instructions provided by the Installation Assistant.
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This software is totally free and offers recommendations of applications in its process of installation. These recommendations are optional and can be unselected to install only this software. Some of these recommendations may offer you to change some of your navigation settings in order to provide you with a better user experience, again the selection of these changes is optional.

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This software is totally free and offers recommendations of applications in its process of installation. These recommendations are optional and can be unselected to install only this software. Some of these recommendations may offer you to change some of your navigation settings in order to provide you with a better user experience, again the selection of these changes is optional.

Your Questions & Answers about widestream6

To help you take profit from the many functions and benefits that widestream6 offers, we have compiled the following selection of frequent questions and their answers. We recommend you browse the different categories.

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1General info

What is Widestream6?

Widestream6 is the latest and most complete version of the popular Widestream download software.

Can I use Widestream6 on my PC?

Probably yes, Widestream6 runs on all Windows operating systems starting with Windows 2000. Unfortunately, older versions such as Windows 98 or 95 are not supported.

Do I have to pay for Widestream6?

No, Widestream6 does not cost anything so go ahead and download it right now.

I have a question that is not answered here?

If your question is not answered here or in the About W6, please use our Contact page and send us your question or comment.

Does the Widestream6 software have Emule or bit-torrent capabilities such as P2P and file-sharing?

No. Widestream6 is a download manager that, amongst many other functionalities, helps to organize and boost your downloads. It does not enable P2P file sharing nor can it download torrent files.

2Install / Uninstall

Does Widestream6 work on a Mac or a PC with Linux?

No, sorry, for the moment Widestream6 does not run on any Mac or Linux operating systems.

How do I install Widestream6 on my PC?

The easiest thing is to visit the Download page. On this page the download process is explained in detailed steps.

How can I start Widestream6 once I have installed it?

You have 2 options to start Widestream6:
1. After completing the installation, you will see a Widestream6 shortcut icon on your desktop. Double click on the icon to launch Widestream6.
2. Go to the Start menu and select Widestream6 from there.

How do I uninstall Widestream6 from my PC?

You have 2 options to uninstall Widestream6:
1. The first is go to the Start menu -> All Programs -> Widestream6 -> Uninstall.
2. By using the "Add and Remove Programs" option of the Windows Control Panel.

3Functionality

What can I use Widestream6 for?

Widestream6 contains 3 main functions;
1. Download manager that organises and boosts your downloads.
2. FTP manager for accessing FTP servers and easy downloading of files.
3. Host manager for storing your passwords for different sites.

What do I need to do to start using Widestream?

The only thing you need to do is download and install Widestream on your PC. Once you have completed the installation, you can open the application via the Start menu or the desktop icon and get connected.

Can I use Widestream6 in another language?

Once you have installed the software you can always change language. Widestream6 comes in 6 languages (UK/ES/DE/IT/FR/PT) and will be installed by default with all 6 languages. If you would like to change language, just go to the Tools > Options in the main menu of the application. This will option the control panel and on the first page you are presented with the option to change language.

How do I start downloading?

To get more information on how to get started with Widestream6, please click here to visit the About w6 page. On this page you will find a detailed description of all the functionalities of the software.

This software is totally free and offers recommendations of applications in its process of installation. These recommendations are optional and can be unselected to install only this software. Some of these recommendations may offer you to change some of your navigation settings in order to provide you with a better user experience, again the selection of these changes is optional.

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The Website is the property of Aedge Performance BCN, S.L.U. All rights reserved.
Nothing in the Website is designed to grant any licence or right to use any names, logos, pictures or trademarks. No act of downloading or otherwise copying or reproducing from the Website will transfer title to you to any software or material on the Website.

Except as otherwise stated above, you are granted permission to view, store, print, reproduce, distribute any pages or download any material from the Website for personal non-commercial use only provided that (a) you do not modify any such page or any such material and (b) you include these Terms and Conditions with any reproduction. Any unauthorised reproduction for commercial purposes of the Website or any part thereof is a violation of Provider's rights.

No offer of service

The Provider makes no representation that material on the Website is appropriate or available for use in jurisdictions other than Irerland. Those users who choose to access the Website from other locations do so at their own risk and are responsible for compliance with local laws and regulations.

Disclaimer

Although Provider has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within the Website is accurate at the time of publication, however no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness.
Therefore, the Provider assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. Your use of the Website is on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS AND AT YOUR SOLE RISK, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, SUITABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS.
In particular, the Provider assumes no responsibility for, and makes no guarantees that (i) the Website and services on the Website will meet your requirements, (ii) services and functions on the Website will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free, (iii) results that maybe obtained from the use of the Website and services on the Website will be accurate or reliable, (iv) defects will be corrected.

Links from and to the Website

You acknowledge and agree that Provider has no responsibility for the accuracy or availability of information, material or content provided by third party linked websites, or the content, performance, terms and conditions of use or the privacy policies or practices on such websites. Links to such sites do not constitute an endorsement by the Provider of such websites or the content, products, or other materials or services presented on such websites. Information in the many webpages that are linked to the Website, and the applications and services available through the Website, comes from a variety of sources. The Provider does not author, edit, or monitor the content, links, or services provided by third parties. THE PROVIDER SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS CAUSED OR ALLEGED TO BE CAUSED BY OR IN CONNECTION WITH USE OF OR RELIANCE ON ANY SUCH CONTENT, PRODUCTS, OR OTHER MATERIAL AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE OR ON THIRD PARTY LINKED WEBSITES.

In the event that you wish to establish a link to the Website, you expressly agree:

not to include the Website into the frame of another website and to create a direct link to the Provider's official Website;
not to create any third party association with the Website and
ensure that the link does not state or imply that the Provider sponsors or endorses any other website activity.

Indemnity

As a condition of use of the Website, you agree to indemnify the Provider and its affiliates, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all liabilities, expenses (including attorneys' fees) and damages arising out of claims resulting from your use of the Website.

Privacy & Security

The Provider is subject to Irish data protection laws when collecting and processing personal data. For details, please refer to our Privacy Policy on the Website.If you communicate with the Provider by e-mail, you should note that the security of Internet e-mail is uncertain. By sending sensitive or confidential e-mail messages which are not encrypted you accept the risks of such uncertainty and possible lack of confidentiality over the Internet.

Assignability

Provider may at any time assign either in whole or in part, these Conditions or any of its rights, duties or obligations in these Conditions to any entity without obtaining the prior consent of the User. If User does not agree to such variation, his/her sole remedy shall be to terminate the access and use of the Website and of the Content.

OTHERS:

-Governing law. This Agreement will be governed under Spanish laws, and the parties hereby agree to submit exclusively to the Barcelona law Courts. Each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such provision will be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, or unenforceability, without invalidating the remainder of this Agreement.

-Entire agreement. The User agrees that this is the entire agreement between you and the Provider.

-Reservation of rights. All rights not expressly granted in this Agreement are reserved by Provider.
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Privacy Policy for Widestream6

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This privacy policy is valid from 2nd November 2009 onwards.

Below you will find complete information regarding the data we process. Data processing is carried out in order to provide you with the services laid out in the Terms & Conditions.We are aware of the importance of the confidentiality of your data and, for this reason, herein you will find all information related to the processing of your data.

Head of processing

Your data is processed by:

AEDGE PERFORMANCE BCN, S.L.U.
World Trade Center
Moll de Barcelona, s/n
Ed. Norte Planta Baja
Local 23-24
08039 Barcelona
Spain

Hereafter referred to as the 'Provider'
Spanish Company Register (ICR): Tomo 41024, Folio 162, Hoja B 376184, Inscripción 1

If you have any doubts concerning the present policy or concerning the processing of personal data you can contact us.

Data processed

Data traffic registered in the server when the Website is accessed. Among these data the language and type of navigator, IP address, date and time of access can be found. These ‘logs’ are stored for 4 days only for statistical purposes.

The IP address will only be used when it connects to the server in order to determine the language in which the Website will be provided.

System data (operating system, latest upgrade package and version of navigator) in order to provide you with the service in a technically appropriate manner.

Information you have provided by means of the contact form on the Website. This data will be used to answer any suggestions or doubts.

Purpose

If we decide to use personal data for a purpose other than that described in this Privacy Policy we will inform you and you will be able to clearly express your opposition to this.

Data processing

On certain occasions we may employ external services to carry out tasks related to data processing. These services will strictly follow our instructions and the principles outlined in this Privacy Policy.

We promise to take the relevant technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from any possible non-authorized loss, alteration or communication, in particular when the processing requires transmission via a network. We provide you with a level of security measures relevant to the risks presented by processing this type of data.

Communication of data

Any data made accessible to third parties who have no relation with our company or the heads of processing will only be aggregate data.

Your rights

You can exercise your access, rectification, cancellation and opposition rights, in relation to your data, by contacting us or by writing to us. Likewise, you can avoid receiving any electronic communication by following a link to remove your data from our file.

Changes to this Policy

Any change to this Privacy Policy will be shown in this section of the Website. If any material changes are made to our Privacy Policies we will state it on the Website within this same section. If we carry out any merger, acquisition or any other type of sale of all or any of our assets, we will publish a notice before carrying out the transfer of personal data, and before these become subject to another Privacy Policy.

Contact us with your comments or questions

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