IE8: Increase the Maximum Connections Limit to Download More Than Six Files at One Time

Contributor Icon Contributed by shamanstears Date Icon April 21, 2009  
Tag Icon Tagged: Browsers

By default Internet Explorer 8 limits the number of files that can be downloaded at one time to six. While this is higher than previous versions of IE, you can still get it to do better.

1. Open up Notepad (or right-click the desktop, mouseover New and select Text Document).

2. Copy and paste the following into the new text document:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_MAXCONNECTIONSPER1_0SERVER]
"iexplore.exe"=dword:00000010
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_MAXCONNECTIONSPERSERVER]
"iexplore.exe"=dword:0000000a

3. Save the document as ie8_maxconnections.

4. Double-click the new file to merge it into the Registry.

5. Continue through the UAC prompt and confirm that you wish to perform the action.

6. Restart you computer (or simply stop and start Explorer.exe from the Task Manager).

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  • Frank
    Are you sure you are only to double-click on the the text document?

    Frank
  • You need to save the text document as a .reg file. Double clicking it will merge it into the registry.
  • Frank
    Thanks for the help to you and RG, I guess you have to be smarter than the average bear.

    Frank
  • RG
    save as "ie8_maxconnections.reg" without quotas then it will merg
  • avoidz
    An oldie but goodie. Well worth reheating this recipe :)
  • I love IE8 very much.
    Thanks.
  • j1sh
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