Start Downloads From Command Line

You may start IDM from the command line using the following parameters

idman /s
or idman /d URL [/p local_path] [/f local_file_name] [/q] [/h] [/n] [/a]

Parameters:
/d URL - downloads a file
e.g. IDMan.exe /d "http://www.internetdownloadmanager.com/path/File Name.zip"
/s - starts queue in scheduler
/p local_path - defines the local path where to save the file
/f local_file_name - defines the local file name to save the file
/q - IDM will exit after the successful downloading. This parameter works only for the first copy
/h - IDM will hang up your connection after the successful downloading
/n - turns on the silent mode when IDM doesn't ask any questions
/a - add a file specified with /d to download queue, but don't start downloading

Parameters /a, /h, /n, /q, /f local_file_name, /p local_path work only if you specified the file to download with /d URL

Examples
C:\>idman.exe /n /d http://www.tonec.com/download/idman317.exe