Can't reopen finished torrents without them trying to redownload

[Hakuromatsu]

I'm using uTorrent 3.0, and wanted to move my scattered torrents and downloads (all of which were seeding/finished) to the same folder, so I 1) deleted all of them from uTorrent, 2) moved all of the torrents (the torrents I originally opened; I don't have uTorrent set to "store" torrents) to a "Torrents" folder and all of the downloads to a "Downloads" folder, and 3) reopened the torrents with "Add torrent (choose save dir)" and chose the appropriate folder for each. Some of their status bars flashed "Checking" for a split second, and then they started downloading again.

Is this a client issue, or a tracker issue? (and if it's a tracker issue I will gladly seek my answer elsewhere) And is there a better way to move torrents/downloads in the future? Thank you!

[DreadWingKnight]

Client issue in that you didn't choose the correct folder layer when pointing uTorrent at your existing files.

Your procedure is one of two "correct" methods, both equal effectiveness.

The alternate solution is the set download location function after moving the files.