wuubblemeister Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Compiled HTML files are being used by the Microsoft Windows HTML Help Executable. This gives me an error message in the field on Bittorrent that shows the downloads, saying "WriteToDisk:[blahblahblah]"To figure this out I had to get a program that monitors processes. Then I looked up hh.exe and learned it's responsible for bookmarks and handling html stuff.Well, I don't want to disable or delete this file because I like my bookmarks... So is there any way I can get it to stop screwing with the .chm's that I'm downloading? Otherwise, I have to keep opening up Bittorrent and clicking "start," since hh.exe appears to only be poking the files and then leaving them alone, and is not taking them hostage from further download.I've tried opening hh.exe but nothing happens. Does anyone know at least why hh.exe needs to access the .chm's for a second and then leave them alone? Clearly they aren't finished downloading when hh.exe does this, otherwise bittorrent wouldn't have a problem with it. I also tried looking through the services running in the system configuration window, but I didn't see HTML Help in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuubblemeister Posted April 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Hello everyone!If anyone else saw this while looking for a solution, I guess explorer is more responsible for what is happening in my case. If you just run the downloads over night, you could kill the explorer.exe process and resume the process in the morning with task manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Does anyone know at least why hh.exe needs to access the .chm's for a second and then leave them alone?Because hh.exe is the Windows help application and .chm (Compiled HTML) are Windows help files.To stop it happening set !ut to be appended to incomplete files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuubblemeister Posted April 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Unfortunately that didn't stop the WriteToDisk error. Something is still trying to use the files. I'm using process explorer and constantly updating the handle that shows the folder. The only thing coming up other than bittorrent is explorer.exe. I killed the explorer process and the problem persists. If I could find a program that tells me every process that HAS used the files in the folder, rather than what CURRENTLY is using the files every time I click search, perhaps I could figure out what process is giving me trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuubblemeister Posted April 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 I have also tried setting diskio.flush_files to false and I moved the download to a new location (my downloads folder, instead of on the desktop). The problem persists but I'm going to try out HiJack This and see if I can pinpoint the problem in the log. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuubblemeister Posted April 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 Well, just like all the other process monitors out there, HiJackThis only gives me an immediate update, except this is worse because I get a heaping pile of information.I need a program that can either select a specific folder and tell me what HAS used it in the past (10, 20, 30 minutes) or something that gives me total control over what processes can use what folders (so then I would make it so only bittorrent can use the folder the downloads are going into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuubblemeister Posted April 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 I have found a solution. I am using the software DoItAgain and simply leaving my mouse over the download. The macro will right click the download every ten seconds and hit start for me. So now I can at least leave the download alone and be guaranteed that it will make some progress. The only downside to this is that I can't download and use the PC at the same time. Good enough for me, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuubblemeister Posted April 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Ok! I pin-pointed the problem with the help of a good friend.Some of the files had the same name but with different capitalization. When this happens, you need to find those downloads and stop one and rename the other or relocate it. I guess this is a Windows thing. What I did was find the files that shared names and relocated one to my desktop.Hope this helps anyone else with the same problem! This thread may now be closed! Or whatever... This is the first time I've been here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Windows is case insensitive so File.ext, file.ext and file.EXT are the same target file (or directory). Linux and Mac filing systems are case sensitive so the torrent creator was running Linux or Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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