parkerjh Posted November 5, 2009 Report Share Posted November 5, 2009 I recently upgraded to Windows 7 from XP. (Edit: If it makes a difference x64)I'm not sure when, but at some point, I must have checked 'Upgrade to Beta Version' checkbox.I received a notification that there was an upgrade and upgraded to a Beta release.Unfortunately, I was trying to download some torrents from a tracker that this release was not yet on the whitelist and subsequently, my client was banned.No big deal.I uninstalled the beta release and re-installed the latest stable release: 1.8.5Here's the problem: Every morning since, I come upon the uTorrent installation wizard as if I had just re-installed and needing my to click through to confirm installation. Of course during the gap between me noticing it and it happening, uTorrent is not running. To further make the situation worse, when I click OK, nothing happens and uTorrent is not installed successfully. In order to install properly, I need to completely uninstall, and then do a fresh re-install. Obviously, I don't want to have to reinstall uTorrent every day and not have it running when I want. Since I have already uninstalled many times, and done a fresh install, that is not the solution. I checked to make sure the installation .exe did not somehow end up it the start-up folder in Windows, and it did not.What could be causing this maddening situation?Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted November 6, 2009 Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 Odd. Does there happen to be a settings.dat file where the .exe file is? And where is the .exe file, by the way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkerjh Posted November 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 thanks for the reply.The program is on the default C drive > Program Files (x86) > uTorrent Folder > ApplicationNo, there is no settings.dat file in the folder. Frankly, it's completely barren, nothing but the app.Should there be another file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted November 6, 2009 Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 Win+R > %appdata%\uTorrentIs there a settings.dat file there before you re-run µTorrent? Does anything show up in the µTorrent logger after you get it up and running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkerjh Posted November 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 [2009-11-05 09:02:30] The file 'C:\Users\TMWSIY hp\AppData\Roaming\uTorrent\settings.dat' was damaged/missing. It has been recovered.and there is a settings.dat and a settings.dat.old file in the AppData > Roaming >uTorrent folder. I jumped right from XP to 7, bypassing Vista, so I am not sure the typical installation locations of programs yet. Everything was moved by default when I upgraded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted November 6, 2009 Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 1. Exit µTorrent, wait until the process exits completely (see Task Manager -- Ctrl+Shift+Esc)2. Back up the settings.dat and settings.dat.old files, then delete them3. Create a new ("text") file in that folder, and name it settings.dat (make sure it's not settings.dat.txt)4. Start µTorrentDoes the problem persist then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkerjh Posted November 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 Thank you Ultima, I will do that today and see what happens. The re-install starts randomly, usually overnight, but has happened in middle of day. Again, I don't know what or how this is being triggered, so it'll be 24-48 hours until I know if this fixed the problems. Will uTorrent know where all my torrent files are after I delete the settings.dat file or will I need to re-import all of them?thanks again for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted November 6, 2009 Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 It'll know where the files are -- the .torrent file information is stored in resume.dat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkerjh Posted November 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 that didn't help.I noticed this in the logger this morning (after yet another crash/ re-install)[2009-11-09 08:00:38] File not found during integrity check: C[2009-11-09 08:00:38] File not found during integrity check: C[2009-11-09 08:00:49] IPv6 is installed[2009-11-09 08:00:49] Got Teredo Address: 2001:0:4137:9e50:207a:39d4:b597:8c92[2009-11-09 08:01:25] File not found during integrity check: C[2009-11-09 08:01:25] File not found during integrity check: C[2009-11-09 08:01:49] File not found during integrity check: CAlso, I have a shortcut on my taskbar, when uTorrent is running, there are actually two icons. Is that typical?http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/4057/utorrentuj.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 The 2 icons are because uTorrent crashed. The first icon is a "ghost", left over when uTorrent crashed. When you move your cursor over it, it'll probably disappear...or double-clicking on it will do nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkerjh Posted November 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 thanks Switeck- you are exactly right about that. A re-boot solved.I am going to read the links in your signature.Still having the re-installation issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 C:\Users\TMWSIY hp\AppData\Roaming\uTorrent\Check this folder's NTFS permissions to make sure you have read/write access. Make sure it's not read-only either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrantal Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 thanks Switeck- you are exactly right about that. A re-boot solved.I am going to read the links in your signature.Still having the re-installation issue.Had the same problem, but someone answered it for me here: http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?pid=620314Apparently, you just need to delete your settings.dat and it's backup. Worked great for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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