uTorrent removes peers when tracker is changed

[Lemniscate]

I wanted to add another tracker to a torrent and remove the old one, but when I do this, I lose the peers from the first tracker. Is there any way I can keep the peers but remove the tracker? I didn't find any info in the help or on the forums. Thanks

[DreadWingKnight]

Why are you changing the tracker on a private flagged torrent?

[Switeck]

This is a feature of private torrents...you disconnect from peers/seeds when changing trackers.

(If this is happening on a public torrent, it's probably a bug!)

[Lemniscate]

Nope, it's a private torrent. Didn't realize that uTorrent flagged it as private -- I know Vuze doesn't

So is there a workaround? Other than manually adding the peers back by hitting add, is there a bulk add option? Can I edit a file that has the list of peers saved, or maybe the torrent? Can I remove the private flag?

[DreadWingKnight]

No, No, No, No and No.

[Lemniscate]

Why not? Is this a security issue or something?

[DreadWingKnight]

Among other things, yes.

[Lemniscate]

If anyone is interested in an autohotkey script that changes the tracker and adds the peers back you should use this, although it would need some modification to work to your exact needs. This should only be used for legitimate purposes

/*
Requirements:
Make sure you have selected the torrent on which you want to change the tracker and add back the peers
Make sure the peers tab is open and visible below
*/

DetectHiddenText, On 
DetectHiddenWindows, On 
SetTitleMatchMode, 2 

oldTracker = http://tracker.thepiratebay.org/announce        ; Just an example. Enter your own
newTracker = udp://tracker.thepiratebay.org:80/announce


^+z::
  WinWait, µTorrent
  WinWaitActive, µTorrent
  SendInput, {TAB  2}{APPSKEY}c        ; Copies the peers list
  FileAppend, %Clipboard%, %appdata%\Roaming\uTorrent\peerlist.txt        ; Saves it to a peerlist file in Application Data\Roaming\uTorrent
  WinActivate, µTorrent
  SendInput, {TAB 3}        ; Selects the torrent once again
  SendInput, {APPSKEY}{UP}{ENTER}
  WinWaitActive, Torrent Properties
  SendInput, %newTracker%{TAB}{ENTER}        ; Sets up the new tracker in torrent properties
  WinWaitActive, µTorrent
  SendInput, {TAB 5}        ; Selects the peers tab below
  Loop 100            ; Adds the peers back one by one from the peerlist.txt file (up to 100 peers)
  {
    SendInput, {TAB}{APPSKEY}a
    WinWaitActive, Add Peer
    FileReadLine, line, %appdata%\Roaming\uTorrent\peerlist.txt, %A_Index%
    if ErrorLevel        ; Ends once there are no more lines to the peerlist.txt file
      break
    SendInput, %line%{ENTER}
  }
  SendInput, {ESC}        ; Exists the add peers dialog
  FileDelete, %appdata%\Roaming\uTorrent\peerlist.txt        ; Deletes peerlist.txt for next time
  return

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