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canetoad

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8. I'm OK with trying links

Sat Jul 5, 2025, 05:36 PM

Jul 5

To work out what's happening. Your link above went to Imgur and showed the same downloading message - 869 files but I shut it off before it began.

Does imgur allow videos? I don't know as I don't use it. A nasty though crept in - maybe that link is a hidden way to access a folder of forbidden photos as I did a search for /a/H9mBlxD and there is nothing at all in results.

Another way to start Youtube downloading a lot of videos is to click on anything that's in a playlist; the whole lot will download sometimes.

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YouTube downloading hundreds of files??!! [View all] silverweb Jul 5 OP

Sounds like you might be seeing "Smart downloads"..... walkingman Jul 5 #1

That's not it. silverweb Jul 5 #2

Have you tried another browser? Just to try and isolate if the problem is YouTube, browser, or the computer itself. walkingman Jul 5 #3

Oh, good idea! silverweb Jul 5 #4

Yup. It's the browser. silverweb Jul 5 #5

Welp, it didn't work. silverweb Jul 5 #6

Make sure you delete your cache, cookies, history in Chrome. Did you happen to add another extension walkingman Jul 5 #7

Your user profile canetoad Jul 5 #9

I'm OK with trying links canetoad Jul 5 #8

Whoa! That's weird!! silverweb Jul 6 #11

Good Idea canetoad Jul 6 #13

Imgur is not Youtube CloudWatcher Jul 6 #10

The imgur image was taken from a *screenshot* on YouTube. silverweb Jul 6 #12

Ah, sorry CloudWatcher Jul 6 #14