How to open a .dat file , created by utorrent

[swissarmyknife]

Options / Preferences / Downloads / Pre-allocate............ THIS I HAVE TICKED, is that correct ?

Options / Preferences / Advanced / bt.compact_allocation and diskio.sparse_files....Do I change these to TRUE ?

What will do ?

[ajones81]

Yes, change them to True, then check with a fresh torrent (not one facing the problem already) if the problem persists.

If it does, can you try backing up all your settings (just make a copy of %AppData%\uTorrent somewhere), deleting them (or uninstalling uTorrent), running uTorrent afresh, setting the aforementioned options and then checking with a new torrent?

[swissarmyknife]

ajones81 ,

thanks, I'll give it a try, Just trying to find a smallish torent to try it on

Thanks for your help, will let you know how it comes along

So far, I dont have a repeat of the DAT file in any of the downloads, still having problems playing AVI's though, I have contacted MS/Windows support, see if they can come up with a solution (I havent said anything about UT or any downloading Of any files of any kind)

nothing worked, |I got rid of UTorrent, and so it will play AVI and any video files I formatted my PC, reinstalled UTorent,

Nothing played

Formatted PC again, never installed UTorrent, all AVI and video files play great now, so its definately something with UTorrent