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I want to be sure a program, Private Internet Access, runs before uTorrent runs or downloads a file. Under Preferences Advanced there is a Run Program option and has an option of: Run this program when a torrent changes state. I need some help with the parameters. Any assistance would be appreciated.

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I want to be sure a program, Private Internet Access, runs before uTorrent runs or downloads a file. Under Preferences Advanced there is a Run Program option and has an option of: Run this program when a torrent changes state. I need some help with the parameters. Any assistance would be appreciated.

FYI if you expect that program to protect you from DMCA or ISP throttle that won't work....

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I used this selfmade batch file to start Peer Gardian (and later Peer Block) to start my Utorrent client about 90 sec's afterwards.

 

Change the program links to the exe of another program or change the ping value to increase or lower the delay time. You can also leave the "debug full" words.

 

Also change to the correct name of your utorrent executable.

 

@echo off
rem Ensure that PeerGuardian is running before P2P
cd "C:\Program Files\PeerGuardian2\"
start "PeerGuardian2" /B "C:\Program Files\PeerGuardian2\pg2loader.exe" debug full
:: Insert delay of 90=91-1 seconds
ping -n 91 127.0.0.1 >NUL
rem Utorrent
cd "C:\Program Files\Utorrent\"
start "Utorrent" /B "C:\Program Files\Utorrent\Utorrent15.exe"
exit "/B"

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Could very well be, but just wondering, what's the relation with OP's post ?

Besides I don't use that anymore either, and the batch layout was just an example.

VPN is the best I guess, but last time I checked it comes with a price tag.

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Could very well be, but just wondering, what's the relation with OP's post ?

Besides I don't use that anymore either, and the batch layout was just an example.

VPN is the best I guess, but last time I checked it comes with a price tag.

But they do keep a track of your activities.

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The point of JimB was to show a working sample batch file and not the matter of peer guardian ...

@echo off
 

rem NEXT LINE MOVES TO THE FOLDER OF THE EXE FILE BEFORE STARTING UTORRENT
cd "C:\Program Files\PROG_FOLDER_WITH_EXE\"

 

rem NEXT LINE STARTS THE EXE FILE BEFORE STARTING UTORRENT
start "THE_EXE_BEFORE_UTORRENT_STARTS.EXE" /B

 

rem NEXT LINE MOVES TO THE FOLDER OF UTORRENT
cd "C:\Program Files\UTORRENT_EXE_FOLDER\"

 

rem NEXT LINE STARTS THE UTORRENT.EXE FILE

start "Utorrent" /B "C:\Program Files\UTORRENT_EXE_FOLDER\Utorrent.exe"

 

exit "/B"

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  • 2 weeks later...

PeerGuardian2 development was discontinued quite some time ago. However, the project was picked up by others and became PeerBlock.

 

If you're going to download be aware that it comes in x86 and x64 versions, there is also a portable version (x86 and x64) available for download.

 

Edit: Just noted after posting this that PeerBlock is mentioned in some of the other posts. I'll just leave this here anyway.

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