Account Manager > Account Usage Rule : Disable Free Download / avoid captchas in premium mode

Account Usage rules

JDownloader lets you chose which host should be downloaded via which account - it also lets you chose the order.
By default, JDownloader prefers premium account download over free account download and "real" premium account downloads over multihoster premium account downloads.
On too many errors, JDownloader may switch to free (or free-account) download mode even if there is an active premium account.
You can use these usage rules to force JDownloader to e.g. never allow any downloads without account - JDownloader should then wait instead and resume once downloads via account are possible again.

Follow these steps:

In case you are adding a rule for multihoster download, keep this in mind:
Add the rule for the real host e.g. bitshare.com (see screenshot above) - do not add rules for multihosts as they will not do anything (there are exceptions but mostly theoretical and not relevant for this article).

Account Usage Rules in Headless mode / myjdownloader

There is no nice GUI for adding account usage rules in headless installations.
Below you will find multiple different ways on how to make use of account usage rules in a headless JDownloader installation.

Option 1

1. Open a normal JDownloader with GUI and create your desired account usage rules as described above.
   Make sure that you add all accounts which are also present in your headless installation beforehand.
2. To to Settings -> Advanced Settings -> HosterRule.rules -> Copy the value of this setting.
3. Insert the value of this setting into your headless installation.

Option 2

1. Open a normal JDownloader with GUI and create your desired account usage rules as described above.
   Make sure that you add all accounts which are also present in your headless installation beforehand.
2. Close your headless JDownloader.
3. Go to the [Installation directory of your JD with GUI]/cfg/accountUsageRules.json and copy this file to the same path of your headless installation.
   Now your usage rules will be used once you start your headless JDownloader again.