Relocate Settings Folder %AppData%\uTorrent

[vrmaxx]

Please advise on procedure to move/relocate C:\Documents and Settings\Name\Application Data\uTorrent from default location to a secondary drive/partition.

Purpose: Circumvent losing information due to system failure or drive reimaging.

[DreadWingKnight]

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

[vrmaxx]

Been there, done that...the section to which you refer states in part "Simply copy the entire contents of %AppData%\uTorrent into the same folder as utorrent.exe"; it does not delineate a procedure to move the data folder to another drive. uTorrent.exe is located in C:\Program Files\uTorrent; so moving the data file to that location does not resolve my concern (moving it from the primary to a secondary drive or partition).

[DreadWingKnight]

put the utorrent.exe and all the settings files on the other drive. Then update your shortcuts and associations.

[vrmaxx]

Been there, done that... it didn't work; however, for anyone who may be interested...

1. copy the setup/data folder (C:\Documents and Settings\Name\Application Data\uTorrent) to another drive

2. uninstall (delete) C:\Program Files\uTorrent and C:\Documents and Settings\Name\Application Data\uTorrent

3. reinstall uTorrent to the alternate drive (non-primary D, E, etc.)

4. copy/move the setup/data folder saved in step 1 to C:\Documents and Settings\Name\Application Data\uTorrent, overwriting the existing folder

(this will restore the original data and settings)

5. open C:\Documents and Settings\Name\Application Data\uTorrent and MOVE the contents into the new uTorrent.exe folder location (do not

delete the C:\Documents and Settings\Name\Application Data\uTorrent folder).

6. start uTorrent

All setup and data information will now be preserved in the event of a catastophic system or hard drive failure.

By the way, DWKnight, thanks for your time.

[intrigue1238]

Just to put it a little more simply:

uTorrent will read any settings files located in the same folder as the uTorrent.exe first.

So move your existing settings from the %appdata%\uTorrent folder into the same folder the uTorrent.exe is located (ex: c:\program files\utorrent).

[Kaz46]

Been there, done that... it didn't work; however, for anyone who may be interested...

1. copy the setup/data folder (C:\Documents and Settings\Name\Application Data\uTorrent) to another drive

2. uninstall (delete) C:\Program Files\uTorrent and C:\Documents and Settings\Name\Application Data\uTorrent

3. reinstall uTorrent to the alternate drive (non-primary D, E, etc.)

4. copy/move the setup/data folder saved in step 1 to C:\Documents and Settings\Name\Application Data\uTorrent, overwriting the existing folder

(this will restore the original data and settings)

5. open C:\Documents and Settings\Name\Application Data\uTorrent and MOVE the contents into the new uTorrent.exe folder location (do not

delete the C:\Documents and Settings\Name\Application Data\uTorrent folder).

6. start uTorrent

All setup and data information will now be preserved in the event of a catastophic system or hard drive failure.

By the way, DWKnight, thanks for your time.

This is brilliant but what happens when you have to do a re-install of the c drive and wipe it clean what happens to

''(do not delete the C:\Documents and Settings\Name\Application Data\uTorrent folder).????

It will be deleated when the drive is wiped clean would you have to reinstall utorrent again?

Thanks for your tutorial on this :-)

[moogly]

Just back up the folder %appdata%\utorrent onto another safe drive (like USB device).

[LeoMajor]

Now i will be off topic as follow:

Off topic #1: I created this account JUST BECAUSE OF THIS thread! so please consider my words.

Off topic #2: I was searching for this kind of solution as i needed because i changed/moved my App data folder on to another partition.

Off topic #3: My biggest nightmare will be when i will reinstall windows.

Off topic #4: Also i was searching for this answer beacuse of my repeated failure of my windows profile.

Now ... let's get to the business.

ON TOPIC!!!!

As i was saying ... my question was either i can RELOCATE %appdata%\utorrent as my default folder for %appdata% is now on another partition along with my other application settings, so this application was one of the hardest and toughest application settings to be moved.

Solution:

So ..... what i have done:

After a (multiple) Win profile failures (doesn't windows a pice of software? ) then i thought to change some settings and make some back-ups, and one of the first thing i have done was to move Application Data folder from Documents and Settings\User Name\Local Settings\ (acctually was the full path that i have moved) from default location to another one from a diffrent location.

How i have done that?

Well ... here is how you can do:

Navigate to this Keay string path from reg edit:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Currentversion\Explorer\Shell Folders

and change the location from string keay named: AppData

Then (optonally this method or before you change the default folder from that string) you need to uninstall uTorrent and then Re-install it and you are good to go

As a note to this:

Before i have re-install it, when i searched (as you all suggested) from Run this path: %appdata%\utorrent

then it was returning an error that he cannot locate the path and make shure that there is this folder and is not Disk protected file.

Have a nice tweaking on that .