The problem arises when Chrome refuses to identify the magnet link and returns an error. 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. 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. 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.
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. I have the latest 3. Also running Windows 7 x For a long time now magnet links have been a mainstay of all the major web browsers, making life a little easier for people downloading torrent files. But what exactly are magnet links? How do you set them up and open them? And how do you change the program that they link to?
We reveal all here. First of all, a quick introduction. Its crucial identifying information — the hash — is calculated on a given website rather than on the torrent client, and sent directly to your Bittorrent program. In our case this is Vuze. If you already have a Bittorrent client, the process for associating magnet links in other browsers is largely similar to Chrome.
So for Utorrent in its default directory it should look like this:. As you can see, much of the work for creating magnet link associations in your browsers is done at the Windows end rather than through the browser itself. Sign up New issue Have a question about this project? Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account Comments commented Mar 25, Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub.
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Skip to content Search for:. How to Connect Phone to Tv Wirelessly? Here are 5 Ways to Workarounds. Thanks bugmenot. I also recently changed my monitors around, literally switched them over, nothing else and soon after I found that my torrents were not opening in bittorrent.
I tried what you suggested, deleting the settings file but that didnt help. Alls I did to fix it was to make my other monitor the main screen rather than the extended screen and it worked. I can't believe it was as simple as turning on my other monitor..
There it was! I went 2 months without downloading!! Existing user? Start new topic. Recommended Posts. Zlayer Posted May 25, Posted May 25, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options
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