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How to change default program to open magnet link in windows?

Press Win + R, type regedit and press OK. Browse to the following location: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Magnet\shell\open\command Double-click the default location and change the data section to: "C:\Program ...
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How to change default program to open magnet link in windows?

You need to change the "Handlers" setting inside the Chrome Settings. Click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar. Select Settings > Show advanced settings. In the "Privacy" ...
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How do I select more individual files in a uTorrent download that already started?

Select your completed download Go to the "Files" tab in "Detailed Info" (at the bottom) (press F5 if it's not showing) Select the files you wish to download (their priority should be 'skip') Right-...
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How to ignore "uTorrent Web app will damage your mac" warning?

None of the options above worked on Mac OS with Catalina: I went to finder >> right click utorrent web >> select get info >> select override malware protection
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Is it ok if torrent has hashfails?

A "hash fail" means a block of data you downloaded was checked and the checksum (hash) of that block was incorrect, so it was discarded, and you wasted that time/bandwidth downloading that particular ...
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How to make uTorrent open magnet links from Google Chrome?

I tried all the registry suggestions only to find that I did not have all the mentioned keys. In the end, what worked for me was to go to Options -> Preferences within Utorrent. In the general ...
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Give higher download priority to specific parts of file in a BitTorrent client?

I came here looking for the answer to the same question, and @Synetechs's answer pointed me in the right direction. I don't know if this is a new feature that didn't exist when he posted his answer (...
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How do I select more individual files in a uTorrent download that already started?

Select the torrent. Select Files tab. Right-click the file you want to download. Set Priority to Normal. This will deactivate Don't Download.
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uTorrent starting up automatically

Verify that the startup option is disabled in uTorrent options. Check if you have a uTorrent shortcuts under C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp\, if so - remove it. When ...
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How to disable ads in uTorrent for MacOS

We need to prevent access to ads hosts and clear cache 0. Close uTorrent To close it completely open uTorrent and press ⌘+q 1. Put this into your hosts file 127.0.0.1 cdn.bitmedianetwork.com 127.0....
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Give higher download priority to specific parts of file in a BitTorrent client?

In uTorrent, if you hold Shift+F2 while clicking on "preference" you will have access to some special options. As you can see in the following screenshot: you have, among other things, two new ...
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Getting higher speeds on µTorrent than what my ISP gives me

You do not have any control over the speed limit imposed by your ISP whatever software or hardware you use. The only possible exception would be to illegally hack their system. This is not ...
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uTorrent starting up automatically

Update: One commenter (СашаЧерных) suggested to create a new string: uTorrent in the registry at the following location: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] and set its ...
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How to change default program to open magnet link in windows?

Late answer, but this may help people specifically trying to use Deluge in Windows. Which I think they stopped updating in 2017. Windows wants you to choose a magnet handler through a specific options ...
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How to watch a uTorrent download that's still in progress?

In μTorrent, click Options on the menu bar. With the Options menu laid out, while holding down Shift and F2, select Preferences. This is necessary to make some hidden flags visible. Go the the ...
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How to make utserver run in ubuntu 19

From Ubuntu 19 on wards libssl 1.1.1 is the default package available in the repositories.That is why it was working fine in Ubunutu 18 and having issues with Ubuntu 19. Here is a temporary work ...
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How speed limit on BitTorrent protocol works?

I can't say for sure if all of these programs do it in the same way, but I looked at the libtorrent source-code (which is the library used by most of them to implement the BitTorrent protocol) a few ...
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Is it possible to combine a list of torrents into one torrent with many files, keeping the seeds?

In 2006 BEP 47 Padding files and extended file attributes was published. As soon as torrents contain TTH for every file and info.pieces is not required, one can manipulate files freely. The sample can ...
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How to prevent McAfee LiveSafe from installing uTorrent on my system?

The instructions below will completely eradicate all traces of uTorrent from the system. This will solve the re-install problem. Delete uTorrent registry leftovers. Windows key + R > Type “...
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How to change default program to open magnet link in windows?

Assuming you are talking about windows Chrome uses the windows default handler for the filetypes. Just search for "Default Apps" in your start menu and change the association there, and chrome will ...
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is it possible to convert direct link to torrent?

There is a new service called URLHash, now that Burnbit is dead. I have used it personally and it works great. Even better than Burnbit (RIP).
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Can't open magnet URL with Google Chrome anymore

This question had the same issue except with qbittorrent caused by trying to associate magnet links with a remote client in Chrome. Chrome has set itself as the only program capable of opening magnet ...
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How do I extract list of files from a magnet link or .torrent?

There are command line utilities to show the contents of torrents, e.g. intermodal (imdl torrent show). If you have a magnet link, you first need to download the corresponding torrent file from a ...
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Prioritize a peer?

This can be done by creating a ipfilter.dat file in the same directory that uTorrent stores the settings.dat file. (Usually: C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\uTorrent) If, for example, ...
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uTorrent not starting as "minimized" even though settings have been set appropriately

Edit your uTorrent shortcut or entry in the Registry that launches uTorrent and you want minimized. At the end of the path including the uTorrent.exe file, add: /MINIMIZED That's a space, then ...
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Can't select the files in a torrent using utorrent on mac

You've to do this before you start downloading. Get the torrent / download and add it. Immediately stop it (pause it I mean, but for MAC it is just stop) so that the download doesn't proceed beyond 0%....
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Torrenting crashes internet connection

Reduce the number of simultaneous connections in your bittorrent client. What is likely happening is that in the router the open connection list table is getting full and once full can no longer ...
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Do Torrents have file quantity limitations?

One of the torrent file spec descriptions is over here. The file format itself doesn't really have limitations like you're asking about. There might be one related to hash collisions but those are ...
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How to split/divide/break torrent file?

I presume you are asking about splitting the (usually large) file that a .torrent file describes. If your purpose is downloading the file from a single seeder in a shorter period of time, then ...
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Can I perserve my SSD lifespan if I use utorrent Portable on a separate disk?

Chances are your SSD will die due to other reasons - modern SSDs are pretty hard to wear out. Quoting myself is a pain and you want to read my other answer here. Chances are your drive will die of ...
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