Unable to save the resume file error......with system instability

[hometownnerd]

I have been using utorrent now for quite a while, and really like it, it does almost everything I need in a BT client. I have installed 1.22 now and now I get the unable to save the resume file error. My system also becomes very unstable and does not want to do much of anything until I have rebooted. Is there something that causes this issue? This is the first error I have received from utorrent and I am confused as to what causes this. I have XP SP2 with an Athlon 64 3200 and a gig of ram and three hard drives and all of them have plenty of space available. Please help.

Thanks for such a great app,

Larry

[splintax]

Reported here too. Hmm, doesn't seem to be a solution that anyone else has noticed...

Have you tried deleting resume.dat when µT is closed?

[gann]

Im experiencing the same problem. Everytime it gives the unable to save resume file error.... Any update on how to fix this problem? And, where is the resume.dat file located?

greets, Robin

[hometownnerd]

It is happening enough now that I have to stop using utorrent for now, hopefully it can be fixed. I tried deleting it and it did not help me at all. After it does it I have to kill the utorrent task and the explorer task and restart explorer.

Hopefully it gets resolved.

Later

[gann]

I do not have the problem that utorrent stops responding or anything. Only the message that utorrent is unable to save the resume file... very irritating!

[ludde]

The resume file is located in %APPDATA%\uTorrent

make sure the process has write access to there.

[gann]

it has full access there. The problem remains...

The exact message is:

Unable to save the resume file. Some data may be lost. Another program may have the file open, or the disk is full. Please correct this and click retry. If you press cancel, the resume file will not be saved.

It does not have any effect when you click cancel or retry. In both cases the message returns. the torrent download goes on without any problems in both cases either.

[ludde]

Do you have an old resume.dat.new / resume.dat.new lying around in the way, perhaps?

Make backups first, but try deleting resume.dat.new / resume.dat / resume.dat.old and see if it helps.

[gann]

deleting those files do not solve the problem...for some time it does but eventually the problem returns.... strange huh???

[roughdraft]

just wanted to mention that i received this problem when i started monitoring file activity on my system with winternals filemon, and after disabling filemon, the resume file error messages disappeared.

[SunBeam]

Simply head to that location, an delete everything in that folder (%APPDATA%/uTorrent). Make sure you set everything to be visible (Tools > Folder Options > View > Show all hidden files and folders)

The error is known to occur (from what I've tested) due to insufficient space on the partition uTorrent is trying to save the torrent on. Or, if you have per say 2 HDDs, plus the 2nd in, and download on that one (let's say drive F) and remove it, then when trying to download a new torrent, some freaky stuff might happen...

Anyway, I removed all files from %APPDATA%/uTorrent, and it's all working fine now. You'll have to reconfigure uTorrent, but that's not a thing I can't live with

[ajones81]

@SunBeam: You did notice that you're giving advice to someone who posted more than a year ago, right?

[isha]

iam also facing the same problem..i read u alls suggestions n iam not able to find this folder "%APPDATA%/uTorrent"..cn u plz guide me 2wards it

[DreadWingKnight]

http://utorrent.com/faq.php#What_is_AppData.3F

[cmiuc]

Not to drag open this subject..

But i started having this problem... I use vista x86 and found that my UAC was causing this problem.. its funny why it will run, and download, but i think when the program exits its writes .dat to be .dat.old so maybe no permission is granted...

Next i am wondering why its not writing the files into the %AppData%\uTorrent folder anymore... its writing in the 'c:\program file\uttorent folder... a change? or is it because I am running the 1.8 beta version?

Thanks!

C

[jewelisheaven]

It won't write to %PROGRAM FILES%... normal users can't write there. Are you sure you didn't put settings.dat in there?

[Ultima]

If there's already a settings.dat in %ProgramFiles%\uTorrent, it'll use that directory instead of %AppData%\uTorrent (assuming you let µTorrent install into %ProgramFiles%\uTorrent, that is).

[Firon]

You need to remove the .dat files from that dir, or run it as admin.

[Vhalia5]

A simple and effective way I used to fix this problem was to go to %APPDATA%/ on your computer. Find the uTorrent folder, right-click -> Properties -> Uncheck "Read-Only". Once you press OK, if you go back into the Properties, it'll say "Read-Only" again but the error in uTorrent should disappear... well, it worked for me, plus, I'm using Windows XP, Service Pack 3 and using uTorrent v2.04.

Hope that helps

[truglx]

For me, there was a file in %AppData%\uTorrent called simply "resume", it is a VCD file that had become corrupted, I was unable to delete or remove the file, so I right clicked and pressed "restore previous versions" and restored the earliest version I could. The problem seems to have been resolved.

[Andreasvb]

It's resume.dat you've just hid the extension.

[DreadWingKnight]

You've also necro'd an 8 year old thread.