relink .torrent tracker with file

[winchendonsprings]

I have always wondered how to relink a .torrent tracker file with the original file or directory it downloaded.

Sometimes files get moved around between my school and home computers and the link between the two gets broken. There is probably a simple answer to this that I am just oblivious to, but I'm very interested.

If this doesn't make sense heres an example.

-I remove a tracker from utorrent. Then I later decide I want to continue seeding it so I reopen the .torrent file with utorrent, and utorrent doesnt find the file that was originally downloaded and utorrent starts to re-download the files instead of finding the original to seed.

[jewelisheaven]

Which are you trying to do: re-add the tracker? re-associate the data?

To re-add trackers, add the torrent. To re-associate data to a torrent which is already in the list, right click, advanced, set download location.

[winchendonsprings]

yes I'm trying to re-associate.

for the files I'm trying to re-associate the "set download location" option is unavailable (grayed out)

[jewelisheaven]

The torrent needs to be stopped.

[winchendonsprings]

thanks alot.

will this work for files thats names have been changed to something different than the corresponding .torrent file?

[jewelisheaven]

No. Set Download location is only useful where the LOCATION has changed but not the filename. To change individual filenames in a torrent, you need to use the Files tab, Right click, Relocate option. Then path to the correct file, and say OK. Generally for ALL of these relocate actions you should expect a recheck, so I'd stop any running torrents or PAUSE them temporarily to keep it working as fast as possible.

Are you trying to relink a whole download folder, say you moved from 1 harddrive to another?

[winchendonsprings]

well, this happens often but, for example today - I started downloading some things today at school. then I have to leave before its finished downloading so I load the tracker from home from the same folder as the file it was downloading. and it doesnt pick up from where it left off. when I left school I was at 89% and when I start it up from home I was at 5% (but often it just starts again from 0).

edit- yes on two different computers

[jewelisheaven]

OK, when you start it again at home, try set download location, then RIGHT click, Force Recheck before starting it again. That will tell uT to verify data. If the problem is the location it will still stay @ 0%. If it's a data not writing to disk, it will be > 0, but under what you had before :/

[winchendonsprings]

thanks, very helpful

this is off topic

but you seem very knowledgeable, do you use peerguardian 2, or another proxy thing like privoxy/tor or something else (as protection)?

[jewelisheaven]

PeerGuardian duplicate the ipfilter.dat functionality in uT. Check out the user guide, or press F1 in your uT. You can also read through the http://utorrent.com/faq/

[winchendonsprings]

ok back on topic.

I have just added a .torrent file that I had removed from utorrent previously. when I added it and set the download location to the finished folder that it originallly downloaded(with no name changes) there is an Error:Access is denied. Even after force re-check

edit- ok I just read the help topic on access denied errors. it appears for this file it is windows problem not utorr.

[jewelisheaven]

What kind of file is it? Where is it located? Access Denied means something is using it. http://utorrent.com/faq/errors/#faq9

[winchendonsprings]

its an error in explorer and I'm horrible at writing command line stuff and that seems to be the only fix

so back off topic

you don't use and other tools to make yourself untraceable while downloading/uploading?

[jewelisheaven]

So... the file is a .AVI and Explorer is trying to render it? The torrent which is getting "Access Denied" go to the Files tab, what are their extensions?? Or right click, open containing folder... it'll show the icons to identify better.

[winchendonsprings]

no. its a folder which contains an .iso and another text file. I cannot uncheck the read only box.(there is an access denied windows puts out while doing that)

I know there is a command line fix for this bit I havent got the time at the moment