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ruisu

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When I open a new torrent, or open uTorrent, the installer runs...asking me where I want to install and such. I can click cancel and it will eventually load. I noticed this behavior on older versions as well, but I am using build 12495.

It's been doing this for a while, sorry for reporting so late.

Thanks.

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Is your settings.dat directory writeable? Are you on Vista? .. Usually you need to start it or run-as Administrator the first time to make the required files.

Why aren't you using the stable 1.8.1? You can auto-update in the program or download from http://utorrent.com/download.php ... you're running the EXE or the shortcut on your Desktop/QuickLaunch

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Yes I'm on Vista. It's uses a folder in the Roaming folder and has permission to create/edit files there. Timestamps of files in there look good, including on settings.dat.

That's weird though...I've always used the auto update! Can't believe I missed so many builds. But when I do get an auto-update UAC asks me to elevate to updater all by itself, so I'm not sure about that admin issue.

I would like to take your advice and uninstall and then reinstall as admin, but will I lose my settings?

Thank you~

Edit: actually I only cared about my stats...but oh well...I'm going to uninstall and try your advice.

Edit 2: Okay, I found the problem: I use E:\Program Files (x86)\ as my directory for applications...and so did uTorrent's settings/uninstaller. I uninstalled it just fine. But I noticed that there was still C:\Program Files (x86)\uTorrent with an old build. I think perhaps during an auto-update or something I installed it to C:\ by accident...confusing uTorrent and my settings. I had to manually delete the folder/file in C:\. Reinstalled and all works well again.

I can't remember if the auto-update is fully automated or not, but somehow I wound up installed uTorrent into two different directories.

Can someone answer a curiosity though? Where was the installer itself running from?

Thanks for your help, thelittlefire.

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The same thing happens to me. OS: Vista 64. AV: AVG Free.

The big difference is that I was trying a fresh install of uTorrent. Vista was installed just a few days ago. Didn't have a chance to run a Hijack This yet. The network is fine as prior to installing Vista 64 I had XP without any problems running uTorrent. And it can run on a different computer (using XP for now).

Thanks in advance!

MakuraRyu

Here is the stuff from Process Explorer:

Process PID CPU Description Company Name

System Idle Process 0 45.59

Interrupts n/a Hardware Interrupts

DPCs n/a 1.47 Deferred Procedure Calls

System 4 11.76

smss.exe 436

csrss.exe 504

wininit.exe 564

services.exe 644 1.47

svchost.exe 836

ehmsas.exe 2768 Media Center Media Status Aggregator Service Microsoft Corporation

WmiPrvSE.exe 3448

svchost.exe 900

svchost.exe 932

Ati2evxx.exe 988

Ati2evxx.exe 1956

svchost.exe 1004

audiodg.exe 476

svchost.exe 220 1.47

dwm.exe 560 Desktop Window Manager Microsoft Corporation

svchost.exe 300

taskeng.exe 1664

taskeng.exe 2064 Task Scheduler Engine Microsoft Corporation

SLsvc.exe 492

svchost.exe 784

svchost.exe 1116

spoolsv.exe 1292

svchost.exe 1316

avgwdsvc.exe 1532

avgrsa.exe 2276 11.76

PnkBstrA.exe 1596

svchost.exe 1728

svchost.exe 1864

svchost.exe 1944

SearchIndexer.exe 2020

wmpnetwk.exe 2608

lsass.exe 660 1.47

lsm.exe 668

csrss.exe 572

winlogon.exe 624

procexp.exe 3372 Sysinternals Process Explorer Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

procexp64.exe 3068 8.82 Sysinternals Process Explorer Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

explorer.exe 928 2.94 Windows Explorer Microsoft Corporation

MSASCui.exe 156 Windows Defender User Interface Microsoft Corporation

LCDMon.exe 1308 Logitech LCD Manager Logitech Inc.

LCDClock.exe 3240 Logitech G-series LCD Clock Logitech Inc.

LGDCore.exe 3000 Logitech G-series Profiler Logitech Inc.

wpcumi.exe 3052 Windows Parental Control Notifications Microsoft Corporation

ehtray.exe 2920 Media Center Tray Applet Microsoft Corporation

SetPoint.exe 2112 Logitech SetPoint Event Manager (UNICODE) Logitech, Inc.

SetPoint32.exe 2388

KHALMNPR.exe 3452 Logitech KHAL Main Process Logitech, Inc.

wmpnscfg.exe 1432 Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service Configuration Application Microsoft Corporation

taskmgr.exe 1964 Windows Task Manager Microsoft Corporation

uTorrent.exe 3884 µTorrent BitTorrent, Inc.

firefox.exe 896 13.24 Firefox Mozilla Corporation

MOM.exe 472 Catalyst Control Center: Monitoring program Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

CCC.exe 2328 Catalyst Control Centre: Host application ATI Technologies Inc.

avgtray.exe 1236 AVG Tray Monitor AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.

CtHelper.exe 2504 CtHelper Application Creative Technology Ltd

Process: uTorrent.exe Pid: 3884

Name Description Company Name Version

locale.nls

locale.nls

OLEAUT32.dll Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

uTorrent.exe µTorrent BitTorrent, Inc. 1.08.0001.12639

OLEACC.dll Active Accessibility Core Component Microsoft Corporation 4.02.5406.0000

oleaccrc.dll Active Accessibility Resource DLL Microsoft Corporation 4.02.5406.0000

ADVAPI32.dll Advanced Windows 32 Base API Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

wow64cpu.dll AMD64 Wow64 CPU Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

apphelp.dll Application Compatibility Client Library Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

ATL.DLL ATL Module for Windows XP (Unicode) Microsoft Corporation 3.05.2284.0000

CLBCatQ.DLL COM+ Configuration Catalog Microsoft Corporation 2001.12.6931.18000

comdlg32.dll Common Dialogs DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

ctagent.dll ctagent Creative Technology Ltd 6.00.0001.1361

dhcpcsvc.DLL DHCP Client Service Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

dhcpcsvc6.DLL DHCPv6 Client Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

DnsApi.dll DNS Client API DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

napinsp.dll E-mail Naming Shim Provider Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

GDI32.dll GDI Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

GPAPI.dll Group Policy Client API Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

hnetcfg.dll Home Networking Configuration Manager Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

Iphlpapi.dll IP Helper API Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

LPK.DLL Language Pack Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

winrnr.dll LDAP RnR Provider DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

GameHook.dll Logitech Gaming Hook (UNICODE) Logitech, Inc. 4.60.0122.0000

lgscroll.dll Logitech Scroll Enabler (UNICODE) Logitech, Inc. 4.60.0122.0000

WINMM.dll MCI API DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

MSACM32.dll Microsoft ACM Audio Filter Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

dwmapi.dll Microsoft Desktop Window Manager API Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

rsaenh.dll Microsoft Enhanced Cryptographic Provider Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

ole32.dll Microsoft OLE for Windows Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

UxTheme.dll Microsoft UxTheme Library Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

mswsock.dll Microsoft Windows Sockets 2.0 Service Provider Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

MSVCR80.dll Microsoft® C Runtime Library Microsoft Corporation 8.00.50727.1434

msctf.dll.mui MSCTF Server DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

MSCTF.dll MSCTF Server DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

MPR.dll Multiple Provider Router DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

IMM32.DLL Multi-User Windows IMM32 API Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

USER32.dll Multi-User Windows USER API Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

NETAPI32.dll Net Win32 API DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

NLAapi.dll Network Location Awareness 2 Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

WINNSI.DLL Network Store Information RPC interface Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

NSI.dll NSI User-mode interface DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

ntdll.dll NT Layer DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

ntdll.dll NT Layer DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

urlmon.dll OLE32 Extensions for Win32 Microsoft Corporation 7.00.6001.18000

pnrpnsp.dll PNRP Name Space Provider Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

PSAPI.DLL Process Status Helper Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

rasadhlp.dll Remote Access AutoDial Helper Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

RPCRT4.dll Remote Procedure Call Runtime Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

rtutils.dll Routing Utilities Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

iertutil.dll Run time utility for Internet Explorer Microsoft Corporation 7.00.6001.18000

SAMLIB.dll SAM Library DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

Secur32.dll Security Support Provider Interface Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

shfolder.dll Shell Folder Service Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

SHLWAPI.dll Shell Light-weight Utility Library Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

ShimEng.dll Shim Engine DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

slc.dll Software Licensing Client Dll Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

USP10.dll Uniscribe Unicode script processor Microsoft Corporation 1.626.6001.18000

COMCTL32.dll User Experience Controls Library Microsoft Corporation 6.10.6001.18000

USERENV.dll Userenv Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

VERSION.dll Version Checking and File Installation Libraries Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

wow64.dll Win32 Emulation on NT64 Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

WLDAP32.dll Win32 LDAP API DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

AcLayers.dll Windows Compatibility DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

AcGenral.DLL Windows Compatibility DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

sfc.dll Windows File Protection Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

sfc_os.DLL Windows File Protection Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

FirewallAPI.dll Windows Firewall API Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

WINHTTP.dll Windows HTTP Services Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

imageres.dll.mui Windows Image Resource Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

imageres.dll Windows Image Resource Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

kernel32.dll Windows NT BASE API Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

msvcrt.dll Windows NT CRT DLL Microsoft Corporation 7.00.6001.18000

NTMARTA.DLL Windows NT MARTA provider Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

setupapi.dll.mui Windows Setup API Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

SETUPAPI.dll Windows Setup API Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

SHELL32.dll Windows Shell Common Dll Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

SHUNIMPL.dll Windows Shell Obsolete APIs Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

WS2_32.dll Windows Socket 2.0 32-Bit DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

WINSPOOL.DRV Windows Spooler Driver Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

wshtcpip.dll Winsock2 Helper DLL (TL/IPv4) Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

wship6.dll Winsock2 Helper DLL (TL/IPv6) Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

wow64win.dll Wow64 Console and Win32 API Logging Microsoft Corporation 6.00.6001.18000

wpclsp.dll WPC LSP Microsoft Corporation 1.00.0000.0001

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Well.. Logitech injection, and wpclsp.dll I view this with suspicion ESPECIALLY since it says it's from MS. It wouldn't usually have a v 1.0.0.1 in that case. However castlecops says it's part of Vista Parental Control, so..

As with ruisu, have you tried running uTorrent as Administrator first to get the settings.dat files written?

@ruisu, well there's no way to tell for sure right now, because you removed the extra EXE, but for future reference, you can always double click, or right click properties on ANY running process in Process Explorer to see the launch path and command line. This would be what you could use to see where something is run from.

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