bradpitt Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Today I downloaded the new uTorrent client version from http://www.utorrent.com/downloads/complete/os/win/track/stable Version: 3.5.0.43804 Size: 1 733 104 bytes MD5: 87c83933801f5a5589b8fff7f8691a02 And when trying to start it, it displays the following message: Quote Warning This application requires administrative privileges to run. Please login as administrator and try again. All I can do now is to press the OK button, and that's it, i.e. uTorrent doesn't even start. I must note, that for the last 5 years (or longer) I've never ran uTorrent under administrative account, and it ran just fine. This is the first version with which I have this problem. And, damn fcuk, when I downloaded this new version I've deleted the old version, and now can't use bittorrent at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13xforever Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 I have the same problem. Rolled back to previous build (43580). I am using uTorrent in a portable mode. BTW, uTorrent keeps backup of previous builds in updates folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13xforever Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 It's been three months, and nothing has changed. This is not ok. Also of note is that beta 44050 does not require admin rights, but then release 44090 does require admin rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted October 23, 2017 Report Share Posted October 23, 2017 Sounds weird to me... Have you confirmed the exe does not need to "unblocked" in properties? I suggest you re-test with latest build - 44210 stable, since 44090 seems to have some release issues: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_hunter Posted February 7, 2018 Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 Greetings, Tried to update to 3.5.1_44332 (from 3.4.7_42330) -- simply downloaded new version, copied-over it to usual location (D:\torrent), removed "downloaded" security flag, and started new version with "noinstall" switch (uTorrent.exe /NOINSTALL) -- and UAC prompt (i.e. specify admin password) appeared... Is it possible to bypass this somehow? Best regards... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted February 7, 2018 Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 Is your settings.dat (and the rest of them *dat files) located in that same d:\torrent path where the exe is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_hunter Posted February 7, 2018 Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 yes -- previous version was working just fine in that location. The only thing changed -- I put newly-downloaded uTorrent.exe into that directory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted February 7, 2018 Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 Yes - means you've checked the settings files are there, or you have deducted this from using the older version there? Anyway, if all files are local there is no need for /noinstall. It shouldn't do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_hunter Posted February 7, 2018 Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 >>> Yes - means you've checked the settings files are there, or you have deducted this from using the older version there? "yes" means that I checked that files are there >>> Anyway, if all is files are local there is no need for /noinstall. It shouldn't do that. That's why I'm asking, actually... -- when I'm starting it "as usual" (with "/recover" switch) -- UAC prompt appears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted February 7, 2018 Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 Sounds like Windows UAC related weirdness... You can make sure if is not still trying to install itself - by renaming the utorrent dir in your %appdata% path (if there is one). Just make sure your download/torrent paths are not located in there... Other than that - this is not uTorrnet issue, so you might want to use one of the Win tricks from here: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/8d8e10ec-f438-41b3-aef7-c260fc20efbd/approving-programs-to-run-without-prompting-uac?forum=w7itprosecurity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_hunter Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 >>> You can make sure if is not still trying to install itself - by renaming the utorrent dir in your %appdata% path (if there is one). How this step helps to "make sure" anything? -- I'm pressing "Cancell" in that dialog. >>> Other than that - this is not uTorrnet issue, How come? -- "old version" works just fine in that "environment". >>> you might want to use one of the Win tricks from here: In all those "tricks" "run as admin" was allowed -- I have no such intentions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_hunter Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 Hello, Any news on fixing this bug? -- I see that uTorrent deliberately requesting admin rights (for some strange reason) starting from some 3.5 version. Best regards... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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