skypedog5 Posted March 8, 2021 Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 Win 10 Chrome 88.0.4324.190 Flag a Torrent for download (have tried different sites) - the URI gets downloaded, but cant activate the URI to display the pop-up to begin the torrent download First issue I have ever had with UT. Any assist appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiusX Posted March 9, 2021 Report Share Posted March 9, 2021 That isn't a ut issue but a site issue that host the torrent file to resolve. Chrome is also notorious for blocking anything torrent download. I've had more luck with firefox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skypedog5 Posted March 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2021 Thank you PiusX for taking the time to reply. I'll look at that - I've used UT for 12 years or so and always with Chrome... never any issues like blocking though. I did try different Torrent sites and got the same result - I reinstalled 45852 but nothing changed. I went and got Vuze it did not exhibit the same issue. Will keep looking tks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted March 10, 2021 Report Share Posted March 10, 2021 Usually, pref->general->press-"associate with .torrent file" should fix/set it (you can try with using an empty-default settings.dat) . If not , you have couple of w/a here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rafi Posted March 10, 2021 Report Share Posted March 10, 2021 This is what I have in the registry , which you can try to confirm is what you see on your Win10. To change it manually directly run regedit.exe as admin and change values for these registry keys: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Magnet\DefaultIcon\(Default) to icon file or exe of your installed utorrent HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Magnet\shell\open\command\(Default) to your exe of your utorrent. Mine looks like this Ex: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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