Questions tagged [magnet-links]
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Where does a magnet/torrent client look for the hash/torrent/file?
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Wikipedia mentions a required "availability search" to find peers (and the actual file):
Note that, although a particular file is indicated, an availability search for it must still be ...
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How to change default program to open magnet link in windows?
Recently I installed BitComet. Now when I click a torrent magnet link from chrome it opens with BitComet though I changed the settings of BitComet to not to be the default program to open magnet links....
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How to make uTorrent open magnet links from Google Chrome?
Nothing happens when I click on a magnet:// link on Google Chrome. How to make that when I click on a magnet:// link on Chrome, uTorrent opens it?
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Chrome doesn't open automatically magnet links anymore
I had to do a profile reset since the "Translate to" option in context menu stopped worked; after I did the reset, any time I open a magnet link instead of it automatically beginning downloading it ...
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How to change the magnet uri handler in Google Chrome?
I removed the Transmission BitTorrent client from my Ubuntu and installed Deluge. Now magnet URIs don't work anymore. How to tell Chrome to launch the new app instead?