"Automatically load .torrents from" does not work

[uTom]

I am using uTorrent 3.0 Build 25806, 32-Bit, in Windows XP.

[CHECKED] Put new downloads in: Z:\Torrents\downloading

[CHECKED] Move completed downloads to: Z:\Torrents\completed

[CHECKED] Append the torrent's label

[NOT CHECKED] Only move from the default download directory

[CHECKED] Store .torrents in: C:\torrents

[NOT CHECKED] Move .torrents to finished jobs to:

[CHECKED] Automatically load .torrents from: Z:\Torrents\drop

The problem is that if I use the above settings then the "Automatically load .torrents from" does not work. However, when I start uTorrent then those torrent files in "Z:\Torrents\drop" is loaded.

If I use a load folder on my C: drive it works as it should.

The Z: drive is a network mapped drive.

\ Tom

[DreadWingKnight]

The Z: drive is a network mapped drive.

This is why.

[uTom]

Thanks for the quick answer.

One follow up question (actually two); Why does all the other "Z:\xxx" settings work and why does uTorrent load the torrents from the drop folder when it is started?

\ Tom

[DreadWingKnight]

Because of quirks in how network shares behave.

[Blinding]

I ran a similar configuration for a while. The difference was that the network shared drive was local to the system utorrent was running on. From other systems I could drop into z:\new-torrents as a quick and easy way to add them to the queue.

Is there a reason not to have the drop folder local to the utorrent system? The disk usage is negligible; torrent files are not that big and don't stay there long.