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Is there be a way to preserve main folder names association with torrents when reinstalling the client instead of associating manually each torrent with his main folder name? If not, do you guys think it would be a great idea to implement such a feature? For example, I am reinstalling uTorrent (not upgrading) and I'd like to re-add a large number of torrents that weren't saved in the default torrent main folder name for each of the torrents.

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Shenzhou

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The data for locations is stored in resume.dat If you don't back it up, you need to set it up manually. If you've already re-installed/cleared resume.dat then you can't use that option.

If you choose labels, everything must be in the same root and the label applied on-add (Ctrl-O/D).

Also, if your torrents are already loaded and going right click, advanced, set download location seems tedious for you, you could always try http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=31306 It allows you to change the path locations rather easily. You will still need to recheck the torrents, but at least once you fix the paths,

you'll only need to load uT and right click, force recheck.

It all depends how your organization is.

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I tried to backup my resume.dat on another session and I got an error. It says it can't open the torrent file. All torrents are red but folder association is kept. Then I tried the auto-load option from my default torrent saving folder but it would prompt me to browse and select each folder's location.

What I did was actually remove all my utorrent application data files to reset utorrent for my new session (uTorrent was previously installed on the session). Then, I copied my resume.dat from my principal session. When I saw the error I tried to re-load my torrents from my default saving folder, it wouldn't work (well it only loaded a few torrents and I don't know why), then I tried my main utorrent application data folder but like I like I said, it would prompt be. After the modifications done I came back to my main session and association with .torrents files were lost too. Now unless I find another solution, I think I'll have to re-add all my torrents and re-enter manually each of my torrent's location. Chances are I didn't lose my .loaded files.

EDIT: I also tried the BEnconde application but I can't find how I could modify in batch .torrents location.

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I don't see that anywhere. I can't find anything before the root folder, actually there's nothing before it. And what do you want me to find exactly? I tried "c:" and it returned no results. That doesn't help me much. By the way, I don't have my .torrents files anymore I just have the .torrent.loaded ones and also I'm talking about retrieving the files from a different folder then the application data one.

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Well .torrent.loaded files ARE the .torrent fles which were originally added to uT. They were renamed by the auto-load function. Applying a similar script to the one to remove bc! from http://utorrent.com/migration_guide.php would suffice if you wanted to auto-load again, or manually add/load/drag them to the main window.

As far as my explanation, I assume you were using the BFE, since you used lingo applicable there and from your thread post. It helps for both your sanity and uTorrent for there to not be too many (usually no greater than 1) folder(s) for torrent storage. You can manually edit the .torrent location in BFE to be anything you wish, but understand then your torrent location must not change, AND be accessible each time uTorrent starts up.

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What's BFE? I'm using BEncode by Ultima, not BFE. As for the migration, if I do what you said I will re-load my torrents and nothing will happen, it will ask me if I want to re-load the trackers because my torrents are already in the list. Also, are .ut! files the same as .loaded files? My "Append .ut! to incomplete files" is unchecked.

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I use the acronym BFE as shorthand for Bencoded File Editor (Notice first letters of the words).

OK... correct. If you already have the torrents loaded into resume.dat there is nothing gained by adding the torrents again through any means. How did you get ut! files? Did you just run the script in the migration guide page? If you are unsure of the ut! and never enabled that feature yourself, you can try simply removing the .ut! from whatever file you see. As you see in the auto-load area of preferences there is an option to delete loaded torrents. This avoids having (another copy of) the loaded torrent elsewhere on your hard drive, named as .torrent.loaded

What else are you trying to do with your torrent list? If there is no "easy" way for you to use Ultima's tool to find the torrents (and only those torrents) you want to change the path to... i.e. by searching for a label and then changing data location, it may be wiser to simply use the right click, advanced, set download location. How many torrents are we talking?

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About 600. 300 of which have been re-added manually.

EDIT: Finally, I think I found a solution, but I won't be able to test it since I already began re-adding my torrents. There it is: simply copy the whole Application Data\uTorrent folder. I found that the torrents in uTorrent need two things in order to work: the .loaded and Application Data\uTorrent .torrent. The original .torrent you download is actually copied to your Application Data\uTorrent folder, making your original .torrent useless. If your .loaded is missing, you should be able to re-create it using your .torrent (either the original or copied one). However, if you delete accidently your Application Data\uTorrent .torrent, your file being associated with your torrent, you will have no other choice but to re-add your torrent (if you're in the same situation as I am and can't find any other solution).

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