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Old August 27th, 2007
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Default Help PLease - Download stays at 99%

I have a download that has taken 5 days to get to 99%, but now its been stuck there for 2 days, it says that it should be finished in about 10 min. but thats what it has said the past 2 days...what do i do? Do i need to start it all over again??
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LW drops sources as a file nears completion. This frees up sources for others to d/l from but sometimes the file will get stuck at or near 100%. Try shutting down LW and restarting it. That usually prompts the files to finish.

If that doesn't solve it, go to the Incomplete folder and check the file size. It might have already finished the download and just hasn't shown it. If it is a media files, try to listen/watch it moving to its end to see whether it is complete.

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LW drops sources as a file nears completion. This frees up sources for others to d/l from but sometimes the file will get stuck at or near 100%. Try shutting down LW and restarting it. That usually prompts the files to finish.

If that doesn't solve it, go to the Incomplete folder and check the file size. It might have already finished the download and just hasn't shown it. If it is a media files, try to listen/watch it moving to its end to see whether it is complete.

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i just tried everything you said and it didnt work Do i need to do something differently b/c its a torrent file??
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A torrent file......?....

Well, you should have mentioned that earlier....

Unfortunately, I haven't used the torrent function that often yet with LW...

How many seeders did the file have? If it were only a few then it can well be that you do have to be a bit more patient......though that's rather a guess of mine based on my experience with torrents.

Maybe letting it run over another night or two might get you the missing 1 %.

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hmmmm....this is a very typical result when the torrent is fake..you've wasted all your time getting to 99%, and poof...you NEVER complete...been there a couple of times myself...
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hmmmm....this is a very typical result when the torrent is fake..you've wasted all your time getting to 99%, and poof...you NEVER complete...been there a couple of times myself...
its not a fake though, because i downloaded it before but it got delted and there is like 60 some seeders... oh man do i hate tech.
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I'm having that same problem I downloaded a file and it stucks on 99%. I accidentally cancelled it now I can't find it in my incomplete folder but yet its there on the computer in the incomplete, but it doesn't show when I start up LW.
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You could try to restart it via LW>Library>Incomplete right click the file and then click Resume....

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You could try to restart it via LW>Library>Incomplete right click the file and then click Resume....

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I tried that but it still doesn't show in the incomplete file
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I tried that but it still doesn't show in the incomplete file
Does that file still exist in your Incomplete folder (I mean have you opened that folder to check? LW>Library>Incomplete right click that file and choose "Explore").

If it's there check its size as well and if possible see whether it has already completely downloaded. If it has you can just move it to anywhere on your HDD.

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