degs62 Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 I have just upgraded to windows 8, i was using 7 before with no problem, I have updated utorrent to the latest version and I can't get it to start any new torrents, if I install a much older vesion of utorrent it works, but not as good as it was with windows 7. Any idea why the new version won't work with windows 8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 And the version and build would be??????????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
degs62 Posted November 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 I have at the moment got utorrent version 2.2 to work, I tried 3.2.2 and it shows my old torrents that I had before I upgraded to windows 8 pro but it would not let me add any new torrents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Ok, explain "add new torrent" because there are several ways that can be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
degs62 Posted November 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 I have tried clicking on the link to download the torrent, it downloads but wont open in utorrent i have tried adding the torrent after i have downloaded it to my PC and I have tried adding it from a URL, it still will not show up in utorrent, all that shows as downloading are the torrents that i had before I upgraded to windows 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Sounds more like a file association problem with Windows than a uTorrent problem.What happens when using File -> Add Torrent or pressing Ctrl+O? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
degs62 Posted November 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Ok I have tried adding using Ctrl+O and I have ended up with a hidden torrent, how do you unhide them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 If you are adding a magnet, and it sounds like you are you have to wait for the "Add Torrent" dialog to be populated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
degs62 Posted November 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 How long should I have to wait? with windows 7 they started downloading straight away, i have reinstalled utorrent 3.2.2 again clicked on the torreent i wanted from leecherslair and 10 mins later still nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Depends on how well the torrent is peered. Because magnets have to load the metadata from the swarm, there has to be active peers and uTorrent 3.x is very slow at loading magnet data for some reason, so 10 mins is not unusual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
degs62 Posted November 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 I have never in all the years I have been using torrents had to wait for a torrent to appear on utorrent after i added it it has always showed on utorrent straight away, now when I try to add a torrent it does not even show up on utorrent. As much as I dont want to I think I will have to find another client until utprrent can get something that works ok with windows 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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