However, due to all the problems with my inability to download torrents and similar problems with everything else, I finally bit the bullet and reloaded Windows 10 from scratch, losing practically everything in the process, including important files that I thought were personal. Unable to download torrent files and stream videos. And related thing are all coming through fine it only seems to be torrent stuff and some streaming problems,the getting file information: box for torrents just comes up 0% of.exe from download. Complete.The run/save/cancel box comes up as normal but obviously theres no.
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Most of you must have come across magnet links at least once in your life. They are most commonly used for downloading torrents from the web which is a popular way to share files. They are also known as magnet URLs.
The reason they are so popular is because you can copy and paste these links in plain text almost anywhere, like mails, text messages, and web. This makes it easier to share files in P2P environment. Also, there is no need to store bittorrent files on the server.
Why Magnet Links
Magnet links are more secure and remove the need to hash individual files in order to protect them against cyber threats. The .torrent file contains tracker URL, names of files to be downloaded, and hash code.
Magnet link will essentially remove the middleman and connect you directly with the source using the hash code. Your torrent client will use this hash code to find peers who are uploading the required files. There is no need to download the torrent file or even the tracker. This saves bandwidth of the hosting site as well as the users. A win-win situation.
Once you click on a magnetic link, Chrome should be able to parse the hash data and open it in your default torrent client. The problem arises when Chrome refuses to identify the magnet link and returns an error. Now you can’t download files shared by friends and peers.
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Since you are dealing with content here, let’s see if the content settings of your Chrome browser are set correctly. Click on the Menu icon in any Chrome tab and select Settings.
Scroll to the very bottom of the page to find the Advanced button. Click on it to reveal more options.
The first heading should be Privacy and security. Underneath it, you will find Content Settings.
You are looking for Handlers option where you will ‘allow sites to ask to become default handlers for protocols (recommended)’.
Click on it and make sure that the option is toggled on. If it is, you will see it in blue and if it is not then it will be greyed out.
This setting essentially tells Google to make a call and handle the necessary protocols, magnet links in our case, and associate it with the correct program automatically, BitTorrent in my case. You might be using another torrent client like Vuze which is cool.
If the setting was off, you need to toggle it on and visit a torrent hosting site which offers the magnet link option. Click on one of the magnet links to see if Chrome opens it with BitTorrent automatically. It may take a few seconds so don’t panic just yet.
If Chrome is not working as intended or the setting was toggled on by default but Chrome is still not playing nicely with magnet links, you will have to dig deeper into Windows' registry settings.
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Sometimes, you may get an error saying ‘this file does not have an app associated with it’. Why is it happening if you have a torrent client already installed?
This is happening because Chrome or Windows is unable to detect the right application for the job. It fails to associate the magnet link with the torrent client. Duh.
Click Win+R to open the run command prompt. Here you can enter a number of commands to help you manage your PC. We will enter 'regedit' in the box.
This will open the Registry Editor in a new window. Now you must navigate to the following file location.
ComputerHKEY_CLASSES_ROOTMagnetshellopencommand
Check the screenshot below to better understand the folder structure. You may have to scroll a lot here.
In the right pane, you will see the Data column which will show the complete directory path of the BiTtorrent client. Your job here is to make sure that the BitTorrent client resides in the same directory that you see here. In my case, it must be here:
C:UsersaAppDataRoamingBitTorrentBitTorrent.exe
Notice the .exe at the end? That means it is linking to an executable file which should launch when need be. Ignore the random string of text after that. Now open C drive in a new window and begin the drilling process. Press Win+E to open My Computer directly.
In case your torrent client is located in a different folder, you will have to edit the registry entry under Name column. Select Default under Name and select Modify to be able to change the directory hierarchy that should link to your torrent client’s executable file (.exe format).
Note that the random key string at the end should remain untouched. It is there for a reason. You just have to change the folder structure and save.Go back to the torrent site of your preference in Chrome and try opening a magnet link again. It should work now.
Law of Attraction
While most torrent sites offer both the options, downloadable torrent file and a magnet link, Piratebay recently announced that they will discontinue hosting torrent files altogether. This, in my opinion, signifies a change that will gradually be adopted by the rest of the internet and for good reason.
This is why it is even more important to fix the magnet link error in Chrome. Make sure everything is working as it should be.
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I've a Windows 10 laptop connected to the internet via the router. Everything works perfectly fine except I'm unable to download any torrent from any tracker using any torrent client.
- I'm sure the torrent protocol or any of the trackers aren't blocked at ISP or router level because I'm able to download torrents using my desktop which is behind the same router.
- I've tried disabling the Windows Firewall.
- I've no anti-virus or any other firewall installed which could be blocking the connection.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Some torrent sites are banning Windows 10 users, and the list is growing.
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Not sure how much of these claims are true or is paranoia.
To be honest, I don't know the method that these torrent trackers are using to detect your operating system - however what -might- work is using a virtual machine of a different operating system which you can install with relative ease, even in Windows 10.
The following advice may be overkill... I'll see about testing this out a bit if I can, but if you want torrenting to work on your computer without dual booting or something, you can give it a go.
You can install VM software such as VMWare Player, or VirtualBox for free. Here's VMWare player, I've found it seems to work more seamlessly for me than VirtualBox lately, but you can use either.
Here's a link to where you can get VMWare Player:
You will also need an operating system install 'image' file to install on your virtual machine - you will follow the process as if you're installing the operating system normally on your computer, but instead it will be installing it to a virtual computer that the VMWare/VirtualBox software creates for you within your Windows system.
Here's a decent image to try out -- LUbuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu, which is a flavor of Linux:
Lubuntu or any other linux flavor will work, but Ubuntu-esque ones are easy because you can use the 'Software Center' tools to install software easily.
With this file downloaded, go to your VM Software and find the button/menu option for creating a new virtual machine.
In VMWare Player it's just: - File > New Virtual Machine... - Highlight 'Use ISO image:' - Browse to where you saved lubuntu-14.04-desktop-i386.iso and select it - Later in the wizard you will need to create a virtual disk drive. Allocate some disk space for it to use (I think minimum 5GB but depending on how much space you want the virtual sytem to have, you can go up to something like 20GB).
Go forward through the wizards in the installation process - select your language, etc. When you get the option, you can choose to Download updates while installing. When it asks you for the final install step it will say 'Erase Disk + Install LUbuntu' This will not erase your actual physical disk - it's using the virtual disk you specified in the VMWare virtual machine setup. Select it and let it spin for a while, then you will at some point have to restart the VM when it's done.
Once you're able to log in to LUbuntu after restarting, you should be able to click the menu button in the bottom left to show the preinstalled apps -- go to Internet > Transmission. This is the preinstalled torrent client - there are other options you can explore etc, and you can install stuff via System Tools > LUbuntu Software Center.
From here you can go try out the tracker that was blocking windows and download into your VM (probably)!
The only other thing would be how to copy files in and out of the VM. You can do so by installing VMWare tools, but that's probably covered in another answered question.
This has been a high level explanation - if anyone actually tries this let me know and I'll try to field further answers!
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