dzigdzigLT Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Hi,Error: The system cannot find the path specified. (Preallocate)This message I get for all new torrents that I add to my download queue. It's starting to make me angry all the time to preallocate every file that is in the torrent. I used all versions of uTorrent since 1.6, update it every time and never ever had any problems before. It seems to me that new uTorrent is no longer capable to create right path for every file in the torrent... It creates only the sub-directory right but no files inside it. When i preallocate every file to that directory and push start it starts download normally. Also after finishing downloading it moves files to the "Downloaded" directory like it should, but looses allocation again for seeding them, so I have to preallocate the same torrent for the second time. It makes me furious every time i do it - and I download much...I have tried to re-install uTorrent with full removal of any relevant data like I found here in the forum.I have tried older version that worked fine like it was long time ago... But i want to use new version all the time, so i believe you should look in to this problem seriously and fix some programming issues.Some data:uTorrent 3.3 (build 29038)Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP1Intel Core i7 2760QM16GB RAMPaths:E:/Torrents/In progress/E:/Torrents/Downloaded/E:/Torrents/Torrent files/Auto startE:/Torrents/Torrent files/Downloading nowE:/Torrents/Torrent files/Uploading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Check that no files or directory name start or end with a . (dot, period, full stop).Check that the longest path of the files and directory names does not exceed 256 characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzigdzigLT Posted February 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Most of my downloads is series that contains much dotsexp: Spartacus.S03E04.720p.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE.Now I see that some of them have the DOT in the end, like this one. What can be done here to solve the problem ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 'dot' IN the name are fine, it is having a dot as the start or end character that gives Windows a problem. If it is the torrent name, stop the job, edit the caption in the job list to remove the dot at the start or end then set the download location. This will rename the directory that the job will be saved as, then force a recheck and start the job.If the errant name is in the file list, stop the job and relocate those files and/or directories, recheck and restart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzigdzigLT Posted February 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 My family members use other computer with the same system but different version of uTorrent 3.2.3 (build 28705) and have no such problems while downloading the same torrent file that I try to download with newest version 3.3 (build 29126). The problem here that i'm sick of clicking and double checking every fricking torrent every fricking time. And what I ask from you that you assure me and everyone else that you will fix this annoying issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Then pester the sites you're getting the torrents from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Or pester Microsoft to make their operating system allow file or directory name to start and end with a dot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Or run Linux instead.Linux Mint ver12 onwards with LXDE is very "user-friendly". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzigdzigLT Posted February 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 I still can NOT understand how the older version of uTorrent is working without any problems creating directories without dots on the end, but the new one is failing to do so. Logical assumption : new version has FAULT so please find out what it isP.S. Both computers running the same operating system Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP1and having the same hardware and downloading the exact same torrent from the same torrent portal using the same internet connection (if that's relevant). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 No Windows BitTorrent client will have problems with names that DO NOT have a dot as the first or last character.Logical assumption : new version has FAULT so please find out what it isYour logic is flawed as is pretty much ALWAYS the case with deductive reasoning. Just because your cat is black does not mean that all cats are black.Read this next bit VERY carefully.It IS a WINDOWS ISSUE NOT a uTorrent one!!It goes all the way back to the origins of MSDOS back to the early 1980s when the 8.3 naming format was decided as all anyone will ever need for file names, and the extension was used to identify the file type. So anything BEFORE the last [dot] in the string is the file name and anything AFTER the last [dot] is the file extension. UNIX systems do NOT have this limitation as the file HEADER not the extension is use to determine the filetype. Also dots have a "special" meaning in disc filing systems, a single leading dot means "The current directory" and two dots '..' means "the directory above the current". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 By the way!Does the "other computer" have "[ ] Append .!ut to incomplete files" by some chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzigdzigLT Posted February 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 Yes it does, both of computers have [Append .!ut] checked, just the one with older version is working properly and with newest version is failing to create the right path Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 Is it failing on a leading dot or a trailing dot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzigdzigLT Posted February 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 it is failing on trailing dot like in example that i give hereSpartacus.S03E04.720p.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE..torrentand I've tried the whole bunch of torrents with the double dot extensionon ver 3.2.3 still works like swiss clock (creates directories without dot on the names end)on ver 3.3 failing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 In your example there is a double dot in the torrent file name NOT in the content names, that will not cause a problem.But the FACT remains that Windows will NOT allow applications to create directory or file names with a leading or a trailing doton ver 3.2.3 still works like swiss clock (creates directories without dot on the names end)OF course it will because NOT having a trailing dot is allowed, whereas HAVING a trailing dot IS NOT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berhamino Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 In your example there is a double dot in the torrent file name NOT in the content names, that will not cause a problem.But the FACT remains that Windows will NOT allow applications to create directory or file names with a leading or a trailing doton ver 3.2.3 still works like swiss clock (creates directories without dot on the names end)OF course it will because NOT having a trailing dot is allowed, whereas HAVING a trailing dot IS NOT@ciaobabyYou dont get it. On version 3.2.3 torrent with name Spartacus.S03E04.720p.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE..torrent works fine. On version 3.3 torrent with name Spartacus.S03E04.720p.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE..torrent shows error.Windows creates on both ways dir without dot at the end. Windows automatically removes dot if it exists at the end.Problem is that old version of utorrent understood it and checked folder without dot and new version dont check directory without folder so client looking for dir with dot which is impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzigdzigLT Posted February 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 Yes Berhamino, that is exactly what I tried to explain here. Just lack of programming knowledge kept me away from explaining it the correct way. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 name..ext is NOT a trailing dot. What is probably HAPPENING is that a SUB-FOLDER of 720p.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE. <<<<< Note the trailing dot.being created, THIS IS NOT A BUGProblem is that old version of utorrent understood it and checked folder without dot and new version dont check directory without folder so client looking for dir with dot which is impossible.No that is NOT what is probably happening. 3.2.3 did NOT always create a sub-directory for a single file torrent 3.3 DOES. But it is NOTHING AT ALL to do with being named as whatever..torrent it is the UNDERLYING directory structure of the data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzigdzigLT Posted February 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 I don't know exactly what happening in thees two versions of uTorrent, but I stated the problem like it is...3.2.3 works fine with this kind of strange torrents3.3 fails It is your thing to discover what is wrong in programing of new version (or not, if you don't care about this small case of some 1000 or so users [depends on tracker they use]).Anyway this is my last post about this matter - i worked around this bugging (My tracker seeders agreed to change the names endings to the < _ > instead of < . >) That stopped bugging for me and all the others using 3.3, but that does not assure that the problem can not occur in some other tracker or trackers.thanks for help or not :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 You have any example (*link*) of such torrent name?PS: your previous example is actually Spartacus.S03E04.720p.HDTV.x264-EVOLVE.mkv plus I'd use the latest 3.3.1 if i were you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATAC Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Same problems with my PC, I re install windows 2 days ago from old usb image which was used and tested for ages. Now can't open any torrent files with utorrent , Vuze or ABS. same problem in all programs:The system cannot find the path specified. (WriteToDisk).P.S. using my default download folder, old and tested torrent site. Tried 2 another clients, both saying same thing. Permission denied (IMO MUCH BETTER ERROR DESCRIPTION).Solving the problem:1- Share destination folder2- Change advanced sharing settings (public and home) - open discovery, turn on sharing, turn off password protection.P.S. it helped me so hope it will work for youAdmins check for bug plz, it is there. Program don't have permision to create files or folders in some cases. And why changing sharing settigs makes any affect on local PC???. Older versions didn't use had that problem. Win7 SP1, i5 2500k 4Gh, 12Gb Ram, 128SSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 since this was present for *all* clients, I don't understand why you believe it to be a client issue and not some user/Windows setting (as you proved yourself). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATAC Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 because i have same model of windows as before, same system configuration and even same torrent files on my storage drive. Didn't try other clients until today. ABS had no problems with downloading. Vuze looks like more fancy copy of Utorrent, won't be surprised if they use ur code cose error description and program functionality is almoust same. Ups error description is 100% same P.S. no updates on windows its non original and in same condition as previous system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATAC Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 o no sry ABS started downloading on 1 file and give permition error on another one(know it sounds as nonsense) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 definitely nonsense... See if file-copy works for you on that folder. If so, try run-as-admin with uTorrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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