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Since uTorrent updated to 2.2 over the weekend I've noticed that it's no longer asking me where I wish to download torrents to, it's always forcing them into the default directory.

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I have the default directory option disabled and nothing I can do seems to let me turn on the download direction requests. This is really annoying, already, and I've only had to add a few files; it's like the magnet links problem all over again, but now it's affecting all of my downloads.

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Tried it and I now get the option to choose where to place the .torrent file, which is so not what I'm looking for. There's a difference between choosing where to place the .torrent file (which isn't what I'm looking for) and choosing where to place the torrent (which is what I am looking for).

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You've got completely the wrong end of the stick here; I have uTorrent set up to place .torrent files in a default location. I want to be able to choose where to place the contents of the torrent, which is what I was able to do before the update.

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It still doesn't explain what happened to the old dialogue which would pop up and simply ask me where did I want to save the files, when I have got the default directory option disabled, especially as it would remember the last location saved rather than having to go through the entire drive/folder tree each time; it's sort of acceptable when you're adding one torrent to your download list, but when you're adding 5 or more in quick succession it gets extremely annoying. Oddly enough, it's what people have been asking for as an option for magnet links, but now it seems to have become broken on normal .torrent links, at least on my machine.

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I dislike this change as well. Using the "Show a dialog that displays the files inside the torrent" option is not the solution to this.

In 2.0.4, downloading or adding a torrent manually would have the program ask you where you would like to save the file(s) every time, and it would remember that location next time. Once you had a location set, it took exactly one click to get the additional files where you wanted them. For those of us who like to organize our files as they come in, often we will want to place a small group of related files into a single location, and then another small group of related files into another single location, etc etc and then download all at once.

With the new behavior in 2.2 (23703), downloading or adding a torrent manually sends all files to the default folder only. Ticking the "Show a dialog that displays the files inside the torrent" box adds two unnecessary clicks, doesn't take you straight to the native Windows file explorer, and doesn't save the location for subsequent torrent additions. It is way less efficient for this type of usage pattern.

Hopefully it is just a bug or oversight, but in searching for the problem so I didn't make a new thread it seems many of us would like the option to have this functionality back.

I am using 2.2 (23703) on Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit, if it helps at all.

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It's not a bug' date=' nor an oversight.

It's to deal with the people who couldn't deal with the "Always Show a Dialog on Manual Add" option.[/quote']

So the solution was to change the default behavior AND completely remove the option? That's a little extreme. Is there any way to get the old behavior back?

I agree, the old method was much more efficient.

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stream Newbie

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I registered on the forum just to say that i agree that this function is highly missed, and that i'm sorry to say that the program is totally useless to me after this update. I can not understand for the life of me the reason for this being removed.

I really liked some of the new apps, but i still have to downgrade until this is resolved.

Remember when Utorrent was all about efficiency and speed ? I never thought i would say this, but with this direction i'm afraid you are going towards bloated and slow .... Please stop removing efficient functionality and adding crap before it's to late ....

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Imperor Newbie

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IS THERE A WAY TO GET THIS FEATURE BACK?

ARE YOU GOING TO FIX IT?

Not being rude, you are by ignoring us and not even answering properly!

Just put the option somewhere else then, where retards can't be confused by it and we who need it can toggle it?

Just separate it out from the previous place and rename it to "Place files manually" or something.

Simply removing a function because some users don't understand how you've formulated the setting isn't exactly good practice...

And as I_like_organised_data explained above the "solution" offered is completely worthless!

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janijani Newbie

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Today the dialog popped up while I tried to add a torrent, then I was adding a second torrent like a minute after and now all my downloads are forced into my C:\Users\[user]\Downloads directory? Tried toggling the "put new downloads in" put nothing happened.

Solved by ticking "Show a dialog that displays the files inside the torrent". I guess I've missclicked "Don't show this dialog again"

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As with most of the above posters, I specifically registered to say I deeply miss this feature. It is absolutely infuriating having to stop a download, reset the download location, and start it again. I highly suggest you add this back in as an option asap. I'm getting more frustrated every day, and as evidenced from above, I'm not the only one.

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Imperor Newbie

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Have you fixed this in the new version or are you still adjusting to the lowest common denominator?

How hard can it be to just give us this basic and crucial functionality back? Hide the control for it somewhere tricky where the f-tards can't find it and get confused!

Optionally: Can anyone recommend a torrent-client that is more like uTorrent used to be? Small, streamlined and simply doing what you want but still with a decent graphic UI?

I've tried to search for this but I'm not gonna read through 27-page Announcement threads to find it... PLEASE say you fixed it! (I'm still running 204 since I find the newer version unusable)!

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gwydion Newbie

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Maybe this is of help:

I have spent quite some time today to figure it out but actually the answer is in the help files.

It is not that easy when you installed it with German as language while the help files and support here are in English (makes searching for the correct keywords complicated).

It is for utorrent 3.0 but I hope it will work for older versions with this problem too.

-> Preferences -> Display Options

Help says:

"Show a window that displays the files inside the torrent" will tell µTorrent to display the Add New Torrent dialog. If unchecked, µTorrent will simply ask where you'd like to save the torrent contents, assuming a default download location is not set.

so uncheck this option.

If you set a default download folder for the data this will always be displayed as location in the Add new torrent dialog.

If you uncheck it utorrent remembers the location last used.

Take care to not accidentally check the "do-not-show-this.."-bit in the dialog.

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greenmr Newbie

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For some reason the admins seem to be unnecessarily obtuse about this change. I've been using uTorrent for years, and now suddenly I can't find a feature from previous versions that I've come to rely on. Unlike many others here who want to be able to select the download location, I used this dialog when adding a torrent to apply one of several labels I consistently use. As it stands now, when I click on a torrent link in Opera, uTorrent opens up as before, but it doesn't give me a chance to modify the download, it just reports "Accepted Launch" and adds the torrent to the list. If I have a lot of torrents in the list it can be difficult to find the newly added torrent to apply the label.

The really strange thing about this is that on my desktop PC, where I did an upgrade install of uTorrent 3.x over a 2.x version, I still get the add torrent dialog. On my new laptop, where I did a fresh install, the add torrent dialog is NOT displayed, and I can find no way to turn it on.

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UPDATE: Now I'm certain it is a settings issue, maybe something in the settings.dat file that is not accessible via the GUI. I was able to solve the issue on my laptop, but only because uTorrent was working as desired on my desktop PC. I simply copied the settings.dat file from the desktop PC to the laptop, and then altered the default download location to suit my laptop directory structure. Now I get the add torrent dialog when launching torrents for my web browser, the same way it was working on my desktop. Just wish I could figure out exactly what settings flag is the culprit so that a "good" settings.dat file is not needed to regain this functionality.

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