H247 Posted February 7, 2012 Report Posted February 7, 2012 Hi thereCurrently I’m using a laptop (its not mine) where I found “installed” an old version of utorrent (1.8.4). I’d like to install the newest version (its more safe) without uninstalling/compromising the previous one. I don’t need to run both at the same time, I just want to use the 3.12 w/o screwing up/overwriting the old configuration files, otherwise I’ll upset my friend. So…where are the conf. files (I’ll do a back up just to be sure <.<) and what do I need to do?EDIT: I googled around a bit more and found out about “self-contained utorrent”: I have to “copy the entire contents of %AppData%\uTorrent into the same folder as utorrent.exe”, am I right?Then what? Should I…1. delete the old “%AppData%\uTorrent” folder…2 start the 1.8.4 .exe in order to verify that it works…3 install the new version?Any feedback?<.<
H247 Posted February 10, 2012 Author Report Posted February 10, 2012 130+ Views...and no reply?I mean, answers like "Yes, you are right, because..." or "Nope, that would be the wrong thing to do, because..."Am i asking for too much?<.<
schnurlos Posted February 10, 2012 Report Posted February 10, 2012 Just replacing the utorrent.exe should be enough.Backup of you old exe and all files in the “%AppData%\uTorrent” folder is always a good idea.
H247 Posted February 10, 2012 Author Report Posted February 10, 2012 @ schnurlos: First, ty for your answer…but I’m afraid u misunderstood. I cannot replace the exe, I have to leave it be, so I am forced to start the 3.12 version from another path. That being said, how can I prevent the new utorrent from overwriting the old settings?I mean, I’m trying to store on the same pc two different versions of utorrent, and the old one must keep working as before. I have no need of 2 exe running at the same time, but each one must have a config. folder.
schnurlos Posted February 10, 2012 Report Posted February 10, 2012 So just copy the folder (from 1.8.5) to a new one, replace the exe file and start utorrent there.All the settings are searched near the utorrent.exe, if they are not there utorrent is looking in the “%AppData%\uTorrent” folder.
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